Government forces launched intense assaults against rebel forces in Homs and Deir al Zour. Sectarian fighting raged in Qusair. A clash broke out in the Turkish border town of Akcakale between police and Free Syrian Army fighters trying to enter Turkey. The opposition Syrian National Council denounced Hezbollah’s “threat” to intervene in Syria. Israel is growing more concerned that Syria’s arsenal, including chemical weapons, may fall into the hands of Hezbollah or the “Islamists of the opposition,” including the Al Nusrah Front.
