Foreign-backed militants continue attacks on a Christian town on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, Press TV reports.
Militants targeted Cherubim Monastery, which is located on top of a mountain in Qalamoun region.
The armed militants continuously attack the monastery from Rankus village in an effort to reach and take over the town of Saidnaya.
On January 19, more than 100 Takfiri militants from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and brigades of the so-called Free Syrian Army were killed during clashes with the Syrian army near the monastery.
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