Rebels still controlling parts of Christian town east Homs

Rebels are still controlling the northern and eastern parts of the Christian town of Sadad, 60 km east Homs, as the fighting is still continuing,  Zaman Alwasl local reporter said.

 Early today, Assad Army forces are said to have retook a Christian town of Sadad, 60km east Homs early on Monday, the state-run SANA news agency reported.

 Sadad had been in opposition hands since last week, when al-Qaida-linked groups captured a checkpoint that gave them control of the western part of the town.

The rebels appear to have targeted Sadad because of its strategic location rather than because of its Christian heritage. However, hard-liners among the rebels are hostile to Syria's Christian minority which fears the radicals and tends to favour al-Assad, Associated Press reported.