Activists said that five pro-Assad militants were killed during clashes with rebels near Sheikh Najjar in Aleppo. Activists also said that lieutenant colonel Mohammed Mahfoud was killed during clashes with rebels near the Air Force Intelligence headquarters in Al Zahra district. The town of Mare’ came under aerial bombardment with cluster bombs, killing one civilian and injuring dozens. Three civilians were killed in the district of Ashrafieh of Aleppo as a result of shelling by regime forces. Civil defense teams recovered bodies of ten people killed by aerial bombardment that targeted the Hulluk neighborhood yesterday. Regime forces arrested 48 people during an anti-regime demonstration in the district of Halab al-Jaddida. (Source: Smart News + Sham News + Syrian Coalition)