Syria

The Supreme Military Council replaced head Salim Idriss with Brigadier Abdullah al-Bashir, citing “the difficulties faced by the Syrian revolution.” An activist group said about 6,000 people have died in Syria since the Geneva II talks started, the highest daily toll in the conflict so far. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq. Islamic battalions and rebels clashed with regime forces in Hama and in Homs. An Islamic brigade reportedly shot an aircraft out of the sky at Kweiris airport in Aleppo. Kurdish YPG forces clashed with ISIS and rebels in Hasakah.

A PLO official said most of the Syrian rebel gunmen have left the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, after reaching an agreement with Palestinian factions; the move was made to allow the delivery of aid to the besieged camp.

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