The Islamic State is now said to control 35% of Syria’s territory, including over 98% of oil-rich Deir Izzour. The Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic Front have stopped fighting the IS in Deir Izzour; some fighters turned over their weapons to the IS, but others retreated to Aleppo. Regime forces battled the IS near the Deir Izzour military airport, and regime airstrikes targeted the IS near the Al Kharrata oilfield. The IS stoned to death a woman accused of adultery in Raqqah, killed Islamic Front fighters with a suicide bombing in Aleppo, killed at least 90 regime forces yesterday in Homs, and clashed with both regime forces and Kurdish YPG fighters in Hasakah. Kurdish authorities have alleged that the IS recently used chemical weapons against YPG fighters in Kobani. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Deraa and Hama. The Islamic Front also fought regime forces in Damascus and Reef Dimashq, and attacked IS gatherings in northern Aleppo.
