A general view shows a church among residential buildings in the Armenian Christian town of Kasab after rebel fighters seized it

A general view shows a church among residential buildings in the Armenian Christian town of Kasab after rebel fighters seized it March 24, 2014. Syrian troops backed by war planes battled on Monday to dislodge Islamist rebels from a border crossing and northern town in the coastal province of Latakia, heartland of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority. Fighters from the Islamic Front and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized the Armenian Christian town of Kasab on Sunday after taking the nearby border crossing in an offensive which follows a string of recent rebel defeats further south. Picture taken March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)