24 August in the southern part of Rakka ISIS launched a major counterattack and captured the villages of Al-Mukla, Al-Atshan, Salem Al-Hamad, Al-Bu Hamad, Zor Shumr, Al-Huweija and Ghanim Al-Ali. According to Amak news agency related to ISIL, an ISA soldier killed 42 during an ISIL attack. Another 58 CAA soldier was allegedly killed during a car blast in the area where a CAA soldier gathered in the village of Ghanim Al-Ali.