Islamist battalions and the Al Nusrah Front clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham in Raqqah city; ISIS made gains in the city. An opposition activist group claimed that some 500 people, including 85 civilians, have died in clashes between ISIS and Islamist and non-Islamist groups over the past week. A senior Al Nusrah commander said the group has been providing weapons and cars to the ISIS to assist in its battle against the Iraqi government. The number of civilians killed by a suicide truck bomb in Hama yesterday has risen to at least 20. Former employees of the Syrian National Coalition's aid organization charged that millions of dollars, given mainly by Gulf donors, have been diverted and are unaccounted for.
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