On Sunday, Syrian rebels, including some affiliated with al-Qaeda, swept through Maaloula for the second time in four days, after an assault a few days earlier in which the last of its few thousand residents fled and the specter of unchecked violence threatened to convulse the iconic town, reports Liz Sly.http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-war-makes-sudden-appearance-at-convent