The US-led coalition conducted three airstrikes near near Kobani, Deir al-Zor and Raqqa in the past day. Kurdish forces have recaptured more than a third of villages (“128 of some 350”) surrounding Kobane. Jordan has launched 56 airstrikes in retaliation for the death of Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, the pilot murdered by the Islamic State. The Syrian foreign minister said the Assad regime does not need Jordan’s help to fight the jihadist group. “At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded” in a regime airstrikes near Damascus. The Islamic State has withdrawn some of its men and material from Aleppo. A humanitarian organization estimates that about 210,000 people have been killed since the start of the Syrian Civil War.
