Russia warned of the “huge threat” of an Islamist Syria in the event the Assad regime were overthrown militarily. Russia also expressed concern over a report that Islamists recently conducted a chemical attack in Hasakah. The Al Nusrah Front allegedly detained and killed a Kurdish civilian in Hasakah. Kurdish YPG forces continued to clash with Al Nusrah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and allied rebels in Hasakah. The ISIS stormed a rebel battalion headquarters in Aleppo and detained several fighters. ISIS took over a television station in Aleppo, claiming it worked for the CIA. Rebels stormed an Alawite village in Homs, killing 11 civilians, including women. President Assad said foreign support for the rebels must stop for there to be peace in Syria.
