Abu Khalid al Suri, al Qaeda’s chief representative in Syria, was killed in Aleppo; the Islamic Front announced his death. An activist group said Suri was killed when at least one Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham suicide bomber detonated in an Aleppo office, killing six Ahrar al Sham fighters and injuring one of its emirs. A car bomb exploded by a field hospital in the rebel-held town of Atma near the Turkish border, killing at least 12 people and injuring 65; the hospital is owned by a TV station that has criticized the ISIS. In Deir Izzour, the ISIS fought against Al Nusrah and Islamic battalions. In Deraa, nine groups, including the Al Nusrah Front and Ahrar al Sham, launched an offensive targeting the 61st brigade. In Idlib, 13 groups, including Al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, and the Syrian Revolutionaries’ Front, created a joint operations room. Regime forces battled Al Nusrah, Islamic battalions, and rebels in Reef Dimashq; and clashed with Islamic battalions in Aleppo, in Homs, and in Hama. Regime intelligence agents reportedly abducted a prominent Syrian activist in Damascus. The Free Syrian Army and its Supeme Military Council are in disarray.
