The strategically important town of Halfaya in western Syria's Hama Province has fallen to a group of Islamist rebels dominated by the al-Qaeda-linked Jund al-Aqsa. The town fell quickly in an overnight assault, overrunning both the limited military presence..."
http://news.antiwar.com/2016/08/30/islamist-rebels-capture-key-christian-town-in-western-syria/
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