Senior Hezbollah commander Fawzi Ayoub a.k.a. Abu Abbas was killed while fighting in Nawa in Deraa. An OPCW team investigating alleged chlorine gas attacks in the town of Kfar Zeita in Hama was attacked on the way but managed to visit the town. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq, Hama, Deir Izzour, and Idlib. The Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Deraa. In Aleppo, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham executed a man for being a “wizard,” and detained a number of civilians in Menbej city, which it controls.
