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Snipers have never tried to come back. >> no, no. >> reporter: but they have suffered. and they grieve lost lives like millions in syria. for many, there is no rebirth. rebuilding this town isn't quick. some who fled have never returned. nor have the tourists who once came to malula in their thousands. like many syrian christians, most people here support president assad and believe america didn't do enough to defeat islamists like isis. today there's no hatred in the town where they speaka ar a aas speak aramaic. tens of thousands have fled the war and lost their homes and are still living ou...

Last terrible years of war. in one small town where christians have hidden in the mountains for hundreds of years, they can now celebrate christmas and their freedom. >> in the biblical landscape of a country scared by war lies a place almost broken by it. malula is a christian town in mainly muslim syria and once a place of pilgrimage until it became a battleground. rebels captured it and fought off syria's army. nuns were kidnapped. i was there caught in the middle of a firefight. >> 500 yards away rebels are pinning them and us down here. >> a christian monastery became a sniper easiness. t...

Region, on this christmas eve, one small syrian town is preparing to e celebrate again after years of war in that country and our own bill nealy traveled to malula recently, restored as a safe haven for christians just in time for the holiday. >> christians in siyria have ha little to celebrate over the last eight terrible years of war, but in one small town where christians have hidden in the mountains for hundreds of years, they can now u celebrate christmas and their freedom. in the biblical landscape of a country scarred by war, lies a place almost broken by it. it's a christian town in ma...

The traditional vow to leave no one behind. well over 83,000 souls command our thoughts. we think of those lost to the world in bombing runs over the pacific and mortal combat by the freezing frozen reservoir. these are not pleasant recollections and for those, be it a bag of bones or a certain dna identification. the gruesome -- remains a ritual of necessity and endless hope. it is something to think about in these days of red lines and loose talk about boots on the ground as though one couldn't be killed aboveground. a formidable armada lingers off syria's coast while the president struggles...