The strategic town of Yabroud has fallen to regime forces backed by Hezbollah, after weeks of fighting against rebel forces including the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham. In Aleppo, Al Nusrah and Islamic fighters battled regime forces, and ISIS detained eight members of a family for supporting rebel battalions. In Idlib, the Islamic Front clashed with regime forces and launched shells at Shiite towns. ISIS fought against rebels in Hasakah, and executed an Arab sheikh in Raqqah. Islamic factions and the Jund al Sham clashed with regime forces in Homs.
