Kurdish fighters killed 41 Islamic State militants in a clash near Kobane, according to SOHR. Islamic State fighters reportedly beheaded a street magician in Raqqa for un-Islamic behavior. A senior Islamic State policeman responsible for many executions and beheadings was himself found beheaded in al-Mayadeen city in Deir-al-Zor province. The US-backed plan to train moderate Syrian rebels could begin this spring, according to Pentagon officials. The US military has investigated 18 complaints of civilian casualties resulting from its bombing campaign in Syria; 13 were found not credible while the remainder are still under investigation. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has offered further evidence that the Assad regime employed chemical weapons.
