Syria submitted its application to the UN to join the global Chemical Weapons Convention. Opposition websites claimed that a new chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburb of Jobar has resulted in casualties. Kurdish forces in Hasakah have killed some 35 fighters from the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and rebel factions in clashes over the past few days. President Assad indicated that Syria would not surrender its chemical weapons unless the US stops making military threats and arming the rebels. The rebel Supreme Military Council rejected the Russian proposal for the surrender of Syria’s chemical weapons, saying the regime should be punished. Saudi Arabia has increased shipments of weapons to rebels in recent days.
