The Islamic State pushed the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic Front, and allied rebels out of Deir Izzour city, consolidating its hold over the province of Deir Izzour. The Islamic State also shot an Al Nusrah emir in Deir Izzour, killed civilians in a suicide car bombing targeting a Kurdish YPG camp in Hasakah, blew up a shrine and slaughtered the shrine’s guard and his son in Hama, and clashed with the Islamic Front and Jabhat al-Akrad in Aleppo. Regime airstrikes and barrel bombs targeted Islamic State-held areas in Aleppo in Der Hafer, Manbej city, al-Asadia; and in Deir Izzour, where an IS convoy was targeted in Deir Izzour city and regime forces are said to be strengthening their defenses, for fear of IS attacks at the checkpoints they still control in the city. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front also clashed with regime forces in Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama. The Islamic Front also battled regime forces in Deraa, Reef Dimashq, Latakia, and Damascus.
