al-Hasaka province: Clashes broke out between regular forces and NDF combatants from one side and the ISIS and allied tribal gunmen from the other in Reef Qameshli city, regular forces took hold of 5 villages with reports of a sixth village amid regime bombardment on ISIS strongholds in the area which led to the death of 11 ISIS fighters, 6 regular soldiers and NDF combatants were also killed and injured by the clashes. An explosion was heard between the Abu al-Qasayeb and Kharab al-A’skar villages with conflicting reports as to whether it was caused by an ISIS suicide attack near a regime checkpoint in Kharab al-A’skar or by a regime attack on a vehicle in between both villages.