Senior Syria rebel chief killed in clashes with army:
Lieutenant Colonel Yasser Abbud, "Leader of the Fallujah-Houran brigade... Was killed fighting against regime troops in Tafas", a spokesman for the rebel Military Council in the southern province of Daraa told AFP. Ref. Source 5
The United States is looking at new classified intelligence indicating the Syrian government may not fully declare its chemical weapons stockpile, CNN has learned. That would mean Syria will still have a secret cache of chemical weapons after the agreed-upon destruction of its declared weapons is carried out.
The intelligence is not definitive, but "There are various threads of information that would shake our confidence," One U.S. Official said. "They have done things recently that suggest Syria is not ready to get rid of all their chemical weapons." Ref. CNN
31 Syrian soldiers killed in bomb near capital -monitoring group:
Thirty one Syrian soldiers were killed on Sunday in bomb attack at a government building in a town on the outskirts of the capital, a monitoring group that documents Syrian battlefield developments said. Ref. Source 2
Unable to find any partner, US to destroy Syrian chemicals at sea:
Unable to find a country willing to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons, the United States is considering plans to place the chemical components of the weapons on a barge where they would be dissolved or incinerated, according to senior US officials. Ref. Source 7
All unfilled munitions by Syrian Government have been destroyed: OPCW:
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on 6 November 2013 said that the unfilled (Category 3) munitions declared by the Syrian Government have been destroyed. Ref. Source 4
US asks Islamic Front rebels in Syria for stolen equipment back:
The official said the Obama administration is willing to consider supporting an expanded Syrian rebel coalition that would include Islamist groups, provided the groups are not allied with al-Qa'ida Ref. Source 6