Military updates for the week starting June 7th.

June 8th: Homs province: Rebel pocket outside of Qusayr collapses with the capture of Buwayda. Source:http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/08/uk-syria-crisis-idUKBRE9560TN20130608

June 9th: Aleppo province: SAA offensive in northern aleppo countryside is confirmed with many reports of troops movements emerging.

They appear to be attempt to secure this northwestern road leading out of Aleppo:http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.320519&lon=37.086411&z=12&m=b&search=41st%20. It connects kafr hama,nubbol and zharaa all the way up to the mennagh airbase.

Troops from inside aleppo are moving north into kafr hama while troops in nubbol and zahra are moving both north,east and south, but mainly north towards the airbase.

June 10th: Aleppo province: Rebels launch yet another assault on Mennagh airbase in an attempt to take it before reinforcements reach the trapped soldiers there. Rebels claim they took the airtower, which if true the collapse of the base would seem imminent, as that would leave the remaining SAA troops in just 4 or 5 buildings in an area just 50mX150m. The SAA claims it repulsed the attack.

The base has been under siege and surrounded for over 10 months now, with about 200 troops of the 12th armoured brigade attempting to defend it against several hundred rebels.

Sources: SOHR and SANA.

June 11th: Further fighting all over Aleppo province: Source:http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Analysis/2013/Jun-11/220021-syria-army-pounds-aleppo-airbase-activists.ashx#axzz2V2lAuV00

June 12th: Aleppo province: Some claims the SAA has captured the northwestern suburb of Kafr Hama in Aleppo city. Unverifiable as of yet apart from this one report: http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/06/12/308545/syrian-army-make-advances-in-aleppo/

Collaborating reports from SANA and the SOHR confirms fighting all over the northwestern front including in the districts of kafr da'el,ma'arat al-artiq and tell shuwehneh, the latter of which SANA claims the SAA holds.

Map: http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.230912&lon=37.059717&z=14&m=b

June 12th: Deir ezzor province: Reports of a massacre in the village of Hatla just south of Deir Ezzor by rebel forces against Shia fighters and civillians following an attack the day before which killed 4 rebels. Source: SOHR.

June 13th: Hama province: Rebels reportedly take over an army checkpoint just north of Morek town. Reports the army is counterattacking to retake it. Source:http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jun-13/220248-activist-syrian-rebels-seize-key-army-base.ashx#axzz2V2lAuV00

June 14th: The SAA now appears to be on a nationwide offensive, albeit on smaller scale compared to Aleppo. Reports of advances and heavy fighting in Aleppo, Deir ez zor, Homs, Hama and Deraa provinces today. They appear to not want to give the rebels any chance to regroup. Pressing them in several provinces at once, even on a small scale will prevent reinforcements moving to Aleppo should the situation deteriorate for the rebels there.

More specifically inside Aleppo city the SAA is pushing east, into the Sakhur district here:http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.221045&lon=37.182026&z=15&m=b&search=41st%20

Fighting also continuing on that northwestern front of the city, with the situation in Kafr Hama still not clear.

Sources: SANA: http://sana.sy/eng/21/2013/06/14/487534.htm and http://sana.sy/eng/337/2013/06/14/487531.htm

and SOHR posts today.

Note: I have located on the map the small district of dhahret abd rabbo which I mentioned was captured by the SAA in my update 2 weeks ago.

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.241227&lon=37.112889&z=16&m=b&search=41st%20

Lastly I would like to point out that my updates are not exhaustive and that its quite likely I miss some events. Other events I leave out on purpose due to not having enough information, or if I feel they are of a dubious nature. If subsequently more information is available I will add them at the bottom of my next update as I've done before.

As usual questions are welcome.