Regime forces are preparing to launch a ground assault on Yabroud. In Hasakah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Kurdish YPG forces, kidnapped 15 civilians, and destroyed a Sufi shrine. In Aleppo, ISIS withdrew from Mayer, Jamal, Kafen, and Meneg airport, but kept fighters in Meneg city and Azaz. The Al Nusrah Front and Islamic battalions clashed with regime forces near Aleppo airport and Al-Shekh Najjar, and in Deir Izzour. Gunmen shot four ISIS fighters in Raqqah, including an Egyptian. In Reef Dimashq, NDF forces battled Al Nusrah, Islamic battalions, and ISIS in al-Ghouta al-Sharqiya. Yesterday 326 fighters were killed, the highest daily death toll for fighters in the three-year conflict.
