Posted on 09/24/2015 11:02:46 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
The 14th-century Christian town of Maaloula is rising again from the ruins and rubble of eight months of occupation by insurgents determined to obliterate churches, convents and Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus and his disciples.
The streets of the newer quarters and narrow alleyways of the old city are clear of debris and charred wooden beams from collapsed buildings. Street lights glow orange on lamp posts although the electricity supply is fitful and uncertain. “Just like Damascus,” says municipal councillor Joseph Saadeh.
I last visited Maaloula on April 15th, 2014, with a handful of other journalists taken by Syrian army officers to the crest of the mountain that shelters the town. Troops and Lebanese Hizbullah fighters were fighting tenacious insurgents who had taken over the town on September 4th, 2013. The rip of heavy firing and thud of explosions rose from the lower village as we crunched across broken tiles and shards of glass in the lobby of the once-fashionable Safir Hotel now, as then, blasted and burned.
Would appreciate any updates on Maaloula. This place has been ravaged by the Islamists INCLUDING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, but it seems it's making a comeback although with far fewer residents, from 12,000 before the war to now only 1,000.
http://aleteia.org/2015/09/01/statue-of-our-lady-of-fatima-to-travel-to-syria-to-protect-christians/
highlighted the return of 450 Christian families (more than 2,250 people) to the city of Maaloula, currently under the control of national authorities after being retaken from the jihadists.
This town is perhaps the most iconic place in Syria. I suppose I'm not surprised OUR media isn't interested in the brutal acts of violence and destruction towards Christians that have taken place there.
Our media must be deeply saddened that Christians are returning to the area.
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