Regime forces captured the historic Krak des Chevaliers citadel in Homs from rebel forces, killing at least 11 and wounding over 45; the Islamic Front and the Jund al Sham continued to clash with regime forces in the area, however. In Raqqah, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham forced 600 Kurdish civilians to leave the Tal Abyiad area and seized their lands; 540 of them escaped to Turkey. An Al Nusrah Front suicide car bomb detonated near a regime checkpoint in Hama, and Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in the province. In Aleppo, the Red Cross was able to deliver food to the central prison while the regime dropped barrel bombs on Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front, which are besieging the prison. ISIS executed nine Kurdish fighters, and continued to deprive A'in al-A'rab (Kobane) city of water. Al Nusrah and the Islamic Front battled regime forces in Al-Layramoun, and the Islamic Front and rebels clashed with ISIS in Al-Qeba.
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