Syrian rebels vowed to retaliate for the killing of Free Syrian Army commander Kamal Hamami yesterday in Latakia by gunmen from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Accounts differed as to how he was killed. US officials confirmed that Israel carried out a strike against Yakhont missiles near Latakia on July 5. President Obama told Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah that the US still plans to send arms to the Syrian rebels. The Pakistani Taliban have established a base in Syria to aid jihadists.
