Rebels Tighten Their Grip on Sheikh Misqin in Dara’a

Rebels destroyed a Shilka vehicle belonging to regime forces using a TOW missile in the town of Atman in rural Dara’a. Rebels said that the liberation of the town of Sheikh Misqin has paved the way for making a push towards the towns of Izraa’ and Qarfa with the aim of controlling the Damascus-Dara’a highway. A rebel commander confirmed the killing of more than 40 pro-regime militants, including many Hezbollah militiamen and that they captured  seven tanks and three vehicles fitted with heavy machine guns and a large quantity of weapons. In Aleppo, rebels said that they killed eight pro-regime militants in an attack on a regime checkpoint in Bab al-Faraj in the Old City, while more pro-regime militants were killed or injured in clashes with rebels in Bab Jenin.(Source: Syrian Coalition + Smart News Agency)