A regime helicopter exploded in the sky over Jassim village in Raqqah. Kurdish YPG fighters clashed with the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and rebels in Raqqah. Al Nusrah and several rebel units belonging to the sharia council captured the Koniko gas facility in Deir Izzour city, considered the biggest gas facility in Syria. Fighters are reportedly massing for a major battle in Qalamoun in Reef Dimashq; thousands of Hezbollah fighters are said to be gathering near the Lebanese border, and thousands of Al Nusrah and rebel fighters are said to be gathering nearby. Regime forces are trying to take control of the road through Qalamoun; Syria’s chemical weapons are expected to pass through it on their way out of the country for disposal. ISIS executed six rebel fighters from the al-Hijra ila Allah battalions in Latakia. A senior Hezbollah commander died in Syria of battle injuries received several days ago.
