The Al Nusrah Front announced the creation of the “Baas Foundation for Production and Military Development” and urged Muslim weapons experts worldwide to submit ideas to improve al Qaeda’s arsenal in Syria and beyond. Al Nusrah carried out two car bombings in Homs city, followed up with rocket attacks on rescuers; and four suicide attacks against regime forces near Ariha city in Idlib. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Reef Dimashq; in Idlib, where they now control the highway from Mourk in northern Reef Hama to M’arat al-Nu’man; and in Aleppo, where they were joined by the Jaysh al Muhajireen Wal Ansar, the Jaysh al Mujahideen, and rebels. Islamic fighters also clashed with regime forces in Hama, Damascus, Deraa, and Tartous. Turkish border guards reportedly killed a woman and wounded two men at Ras al-A’in in Hasakah. Jordan and Syria are expelling their respective ambassadors.
