Jeremy Bowen has been in Maaloula whose residents still speak Aramaic, the language spoken at the time of Jesus Christ.

这个村庄的居民仍然讲耶稣基督时代的亚拉姆语。Jeremy Bowen在Maaloula村庄报道。

The nuns were taken by unidentified gunmen from their convent in an ancient town of Maaloula last December after it was taken over by Islamist rebels.

去年 12 月，在伊斯兰叛乱分子接管后，修女们被身份不明的持枪歹徒从他们位于 Maaloula 古镇的修道院带走。

There has been heavy fighting in Syria for control of the ancient Christian town of Maaloula despite reports that government forces had retaken it from Islamist rebels.

尽管有报道称政府军已从伊斯兰叛乱分子手中夺回该城，但叙利亚仍为控制古老的基督教城镇马卢拉而展开激烈战斗。