Syrian rebels take Christian town near Damascus (Οι αντάρτες της Συρίας κατέλαβαν την Χριστιανική πόλη Νααούλα).

CAIRO, Egypt — The Syrian rebels took Maalula, a majority-Christian town located about 31 miles northwest of Damascus, after fighting with government forces, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday.
A total of 17 rebels were killed and more than 100 others wounded in the fighting on Saturday night, while government forces sustained dozens of casualties, the London-based group said.
Government forces reinforced their positions in Maalula last Thursday after a checkpoint was attacked a day earlier by a suicide bomber from the al-Nusra Front, a group linked to Al Qaeda.