1) ISIL seized control of the al-Qaem border crossing between Syria and Iraq after two days of clashes where they captured weapons and equipment. 2) Fighting continued in the battle of Nahrawan as rebel groups aimed to expel ISIL from northern Aleppo countryside villages. 3) Hundreds of Syrians signed a statement calling on the opposition interim government and national coalition to establish a ministry for wounded rebels and civilians, as medical treatment for injured fighters in neighboring countries is underfunded.