Rebel forces repelled a government attempt in Idlib to capture the main highway into Aleppo; the artery remains contested. Rebels have advanced near the Turkish and Jordanian borders, while government forces have held on to central Damascus and over half of Homs. Tensions between Islamist and more moderate rebel forces are said to have hampered rebel efforts in Idlib. Many of the latter forces have moved on to towns in the northeast recently seized by Islamist brigades, including Raqqa. Four non-Syrian jihadists with the Al Nusrah Front were killed in Aleppo.
