BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels battled Syrian government forces on Tuesday to retain control of a historic Christian town which the insurgents has stormed a day earlier, residents said.
"There is a huge on-off battle here now, the army even used fighter jets," said one female resident of Sadad, a town that was mentioned in the Bible.
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