Syrian troops backed Hezbollah fighters on Monday ( 14/4 ) captured the ancient Christian city of Maalula anti - government rebels .
Syrian troops backed Hezbollah fighters on Monday ( 14/4 ) captured the ancient Christian city of Maalula anti - government rebels , the latest in a series of their success in the area of strategic Qalamoun .
The Syrian government Maalula captured the city shortly after al - Sarkha master again , another city near the Syrian border with Lebanon .
Syrian army focused to seize towns in the border region because it is located near the main road connecting Damascus and Homs , the main supply route for the rebels .
The rebels occupied Maalula December, but since then Maalula has changed hands several times in the attack and counterattack .
Sunday, Syrian President Bashar al - Assad said during a three -year civil war that the government is now beginning to be won .
Meanwhile an international group that monitors the destruction of chemical weapons Syria said 65 percent of the country's reserves disclosed now been removed , but the process should be accelerated .
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) set a June 30 deadline for Syria to dispose of all chemical weapons .VOA
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