The Al Nusrah Front claimed 10 bombings in Aleppo between July 26 and Aug. 3. The fate of an Italian priest who disappeared after going to Raqqah on July 29 to meet with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is unknown; a report yesterday said he had been executed. Syrians protested outside an ISIL base in Aleppo against the detention of activists and armed interference with civilians. An anti-Assad activist recently disappeared in Aleppo. Rebel groups are joining forces in Hama. The UN is still negotiating with Syria over the entry of the UN investigative team, which will seek only to determine whether chemical weapons were used, not who used them.
