Activists said that 10 pro-regime militants were killed and dozens wounded in clashes with rebels who launched a new offensive in rural Quneitra. Rebels captured a regime military position and destroyed a tank before withdrawing under intense aerial shelling on the area. A regime checkpoint manned by seven soldiers in Yabroud defected with all their equipment and weapons, while rebels captured two checkpoints near Al Zabadani in rural Damascus. Rebels also attacked two regime checkpoints in Al Qadam district in Damascus, killing and injuring a number of pro-regime militants. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Smart News)