A group of 22 mainly Islamist brigades, including Suqour al-Sham, al-Tawhid, Ahfad al-Rasul, and Ahrar al-Sham, jointly declared that they would not participate in Geneva peace talks unless they result in the removal of President Assad. The Syrian National Coalition claimed that Iraqi and Kurdish militia forces battled against the Al Nusrah Front, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, and the Ahrar al Sham to take over the Yarubiya border crossing; other sources denied that Iraqi forces took part in the battle. ISIS is prescribing "religiously acceptable attire" for schoolgirls in Raqqah; a girl was detained for not wearing the hijab. ISIS stormed the Hakhour neighborhood in Aleppo and detained some rebel leaders. Residents of Sadad in Homs are besieged as Islamist and regime fighters continue to battle in the area. Al Nusrah and the Ahrar al Sham Islamic Movement clashed with regime forces in Deir Izzour. Syria submitted a plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons to the OPCW.
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