In Latakia, the Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, and the Islamic Front battled regime forces around Kasab on the Turkish border; an Al Nusrah emir was killed. Fighters from the Al Nusrah Front and the Free Syrian Army are said to be seeking to take Raqqah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. Kurdish forces clashed with ISIS in Hasakah and in Aleppo. Regime forces claimed to now control the western half of Homs. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front fought against regime forces in Damascus near Yarmouk, and in Hama; and clashed with ISIS in Deir Izzour near a salt mine. The head of the OPCW mission said Syria could still meet the June 30 target for moving its chemical weapons out of the country. ISIS demanded that Al Nusrah official Abu Abdullah al Shami stop slandering ISIS. Al Shami blamed the Free Syrian Army for abandoning Al Nusrah forces at Yabroud.
