Hezbollah confirmed that Bassam Tabaja, one of its commanders involved in the killing of Syrians, was killed along with 14 militants during battles with rebels in Al Qalamoun in rural Damascus. Clashes continue to rage between regime forces and rebels and on the outskirts of Tishrin district. Mortar shells struck the districts of Kassa’a and Bab Touma in Damascus, without reports of injuries. Regime forces carried out raids on civilian homes and arrested a number of people in Al Meedan, while two civilians were killed and five others injured as a result of aerial bombardment on the town of Zabadani. Six civilians were injured in air raids on Al Shifouniya, alongside clashes between regime forces and rebels. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Smart News)