important for this town, shepherd. it is on a hilltop 40 miles north of damascus. the syrian army held it for a longtime during the civil war. the christians are loyal to the assad regime today. syrian state television shows syrian soldiers re-taking the town square there and some of the pro government militias are helping with the fight. they say there are about 1500 lawyers loyal to al-qaeda. they had to go street by street to clear the jihad fighters out. 3300 christians inside this city. there are two very old money gnaw stares that are important. we heard nuns were hiding children in caves. syrian state television a number of those folks have been rescued as the street to street fighting continues. once they retake the town what will they find at the historic