The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked the town of Maaloula, a Christian majority...

Maaloula (Arabic: مَعلُولَا; Western Neo-Aramaic: ܡܥܠܘܠܐ ,מעלולא, romanized: Maʿlūlā) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in Syria. The town is located...

notably during the battle of Maaloula where the town, inhabited by Christians (like most of the Eagles including a large number of them are Christians)...

spread Christianity. It is also said that Thecla spent the rest of her life in Maaloula, a village in Syria. There, she became a healer and performed many...

dozens of people in the western part of An-Nabk that they had captured. On the night of 29 November, rebel forces started an attack on Maaloula, in an...

completely regained Maaloula, see Battle of Maaloula for more detail. Abu Abdullah Libi, one of leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,...

Christian, Druze and Alawi and Shia Muslim quarters of Damascus and elsewhere to prevent the infiltration of Sunni-dominated rebel groups. However, the Popular...

Christian diaspora. They primarily speak Levantine Arabic, with Maaloula near Damascus being one of the few places where a Western Aramaic dialect is still spoken...

led by the al-Nusra Front captured the Christian town of Maaloula, 43 kilometres (27 miles) north of Damascus, The Syrian Army launched a counterattack a...

rebels led by the al-Nusra Front captured the Christian town of Maaloula, 43 km north of Damascus, The Syrian Army launched a counterattack a few days...