Rebels stormed the neighborhood of Al Rashidin in Aleppo with tanks and heavy weapons, capturing several buildings that were commandeered by regime forces and militiamen of Abu al Fadl al Abbas. Activists said that more than 40 pro-regime militants were killed in the neighborhood, while 30 civilians were killed when a surface-to-surface missile hit the town of Maree’ in rural Aleppo. Regime forces carried out aerial shelling on Azaz north of Aleppo, killing 10 civilians and wounding dozens. The towns of Batbo and Maarath Al Artik also came under aerial shelling, while three people were injured as a car bomb explosion in the village of Turkmen Bareh. (Source: Syrian Coalition + LCC)