The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked a military field in the town of Maaloula, a Christian majority town in which the population speaks mainly Western Neo-Aramaic. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus, and built into the rugged mountainside, at an altitude of more than 1500 metres.
The Battle of Maaloula took place during the Syrian Civil War fought in September 2013, when rebel forces attacked a military field in the town of Maaloula, a Christian majority town in which the population speaks mainly Western Neo-Aramaic. The town is located 56 km to the northeast of Damascus, and built into the rugged mountainside, at an altitude of more than 1500 metres.
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