Rebels captured three buildings of the strategic Arifa checkpoint in Jobar, thus getting closer to the heart of the capital, Damascus. Regime continued its air bombardments on the town of Mleiha in East Ghouta, while violent clashes broke out between ISIS militants and rebels in the districts of Yarmouk Camp, Al Hajar al-Aswad, Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahm in southern Damascus, with reports that 15 fighters were killed in the clashes. Two civilians were killed in barrel bomb attacks on Al Zabadani, while several mortar shells struck the neighborhoods of Kassa’a, Bab Touma, Zablatani and the outskirts of Al Abbassyen Square in Damascus. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Smart News)
