At least eight people were wounded and possibly five killed after the Islam Army, a Syrian rebel group, attacked Damascus with a barrage of rockets and mortar rounds. At least 54 rebels may have been killed after regime troops attacked their positions in the Damascus suburb of Douma, according to Xinhua via Syrian National TV. It’s been reported that the UAE stopped flying missions over Syria as part of the US-led coalition after Jordan’s pilot was captured late last year; Pentagon releases seem to contradict this report. According to SOHR, the Islamic State has executed 50 people “it accused of insulting God, spying or being enemy fighters” this year. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons condemned the previous use of chemical weapons in Syria and said that those responsible should be held accountable.
