Lebanon's Hezbollah television channel Al-Manar announced that three staffers were killed while covering the Syrian army's takeover Monday of the Christian town of Maalula. "Al-Manar expresses its condolences for our three martyred colleagues -- correspondent Hamza al-Hajj Hassan and technician Halim Allaw, as well as cameraman Mohammad Mantash, killed by bullets from armed groups in Maalula," a presenter said.