Al Nusrah Front fighters refused to surrender the body of a slain Palestinian fighter in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus because they were holding out for an exchange of bodies. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters detained a member of Aleppo’s sharia council. Al Nusrah and rebel groups clashed violently with regime forces outside Maaloula in Reef Dimashq. ISIL claimed a large operation against the 66th Brigade in Hama, and Al Nusrah claimed a suicide assault near Deir al-Zour airport on Sept. 11. The UN Secretary General said the forthcoming UN report will confirm that chemical weapons were used on Aug. 21.
