After the UN aid delivery was completed, fighting renewed and sounds of clashes could be heard in the Syria capital, as government forces and rebel pounded each other's positions.

And to the north of the country fighting renewed in Aleppo as rebels under the command of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Nusra front have pressed ahead in their attack against government forces south of Aleppo. Also in Aleppo at least five were killed and over 20 others wounded when rebels shelled government controlled parts of the city according the state news agency SANA. 

In central Syria , Syrian army units pushed further into Arraqqa Province approaching Tabaka airbase , the sole airbase in the province and the only landmark of the province aside from the provincial capital of Arraqqa city. Moreover, the Kurdish led Syrian democratic forces said it has now put the ISIL stronghold of Manbj under a full siege making the retaking of the city a matter of days according to a local commander taking part in the offensive.