Maaloula captured, Maaloula freed, Maaloula captured again, Maaloula freed again, Maaloula retaken again, Maaloula freed again .......

I have given up counting the number of times we have been told about Maaloula's capture by terrorists and Maaloula's retaking by Assad's army.  This is getting to be like that story about the "The Boy who cried wolf"

Anyway, the link below is of a site that has been mainly accurate on most issues, so I will take their word for it ... once again.

From OrontesJimdo:
Maaloula is Freed Again  .... Syrian forces retook the ancient Christian hamlet of Maaloula in Damascus province on Monday, four months after mainly Islamist rebels overran it, a security official told AFP.

"The army has taken full control of Maaloula and restored security and stability. Terrorism has been defeated in Qalamoun," the official said, referring to the region in which Maaloula is located.
The recapture comes after a string of successes in the strategic Qalamoun region, including the seizure of the former rebel bastion of Yabrud last month.

The main highway linking the capital Damascus to the city of Homs runs though Qalamoun, which lies along the border with Lebanon.

Maaloula fell to rebel forces last December, as the government focused its attention on capturing towns along the Damascus-Homs highway.

When the town was taken by rebels, 13 nuns were forced from its convent and held by al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters until a prisoner swap with the regime in March..........