A number of pro-regime militants were killed in an IED explosion in the town of Ghazlanya in rural Damascus, alongside ongoing clashes between rebels and regime forces near the town of Mleiha. Four civilians were killed when a mortar shell struck the Shaalan district in Damascus, while a woman was killed in the regime’s shelling on road linking the towns of Zakiya and the Khan al-Shih. A detainee from the town of Harira in rural Damascus died under torture in Assad’s jails. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Sham News + Smart News)