A rights group claimed that gas bombs dropped from aircraft killed two women and two children in Aleppo. Islamists in Deir Azzour, including members of Al Nusrah Front, denounced democracy and vowed that an Islamic state will be created once they enter Damascus. Four Italian journalists kidnapped by an armed Islamist group in Syria have been released. A Lebanese man kidnapped in Syria has been released after a $150,000 ransom was paid.
