Soldiers make shashlyk in the backyard of a building in Maaloula.

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A broken icon of the Mother of God in one of the churches freed from Islamist militants in Maaloula.

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A broken cross in a church in Maaloula.

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A church in the center of Maaloula freed from Islamist militants.

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A bomb hit dome of a church in Maaloula.

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Soldiers run across the street where there is still shooting in the central square in Maaloula.

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Citizen soldiers play the drum in Maaloula.

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A serviceman and a citizen soldier on the central square in Maaloula.

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Citizen soldiers on the central square in Maaloula.

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The military during a firefight against al-Nusra Front, a radical Islamist group, on a central square in Maaloula.

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A government soldier on a street in Maaloula.

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A citizen soldier who has just fled from a church under dense fire in Maaloula.

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View of the positions held by al-Nusra Front, a radical Islamist group.

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A citizen soldier on a street in Maaloula.

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Soldiers near a broken car on a street in Maaloula.

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A man who lives in Maaloula which is being attacked by the militants.

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A soldier in the center of Maaloula.

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Government soldiers in a car in Maaloula.

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A government soldier runs across the street where there is still shooting in Maaloula.

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A serviceman on a street in Maaloula.

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Citizen soldiers on the central square in Maaloula.

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A citizen soldier with the icon of Jesus Christ in an abandoned flat in Maaloula.

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A soldier in the center of Maaloula.

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Government soldiers being transported to Maaloula in the back of a truck.

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A government soldier being transported to Maaloula in the back of a truck.

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