The Islamic Front tunneled under a hotel in Old Aleppo that served as a regime base and blew it up with 20 tons of explosives, killing as many as 50 people; the regime asked the UN to designate the Islamic Front a terrorist organization. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq. In Homs, an Islamic Front battalion prevented aid from reaching two besieged Shiite towns, in violation of the recent deal that has seen the evacuation of rebel fighters from Old Homs; also, some 150 abductees taken from the two towns have not yet been released. The Islamic Front also fought regime forces in Hama, Quneitra, Deraa, and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham clashed with Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front in Deir Izzour; and battled the Jabhat al-Akrad brigade, Kurdish YPG forces, and an Islamic battalion in Raqqah.
