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*[[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]]<ref name="CAP">{{cite web | url=http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2013/05/14/63221/the-structure-and-organization-of-the-syrian-opposition/ | title=The Structure and Organization of the Syrian Opposition | publisher=Center for American Progress | date=14 May 2013}}</ref> |
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*[[Saladin|Salaheddine Ayyubi]] Brigade<ref>http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/3/syriakurd759.htm</ref><ref>http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2012/11/syriakurd655.htm</ref> |
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/warring-rebel-groups-abduct-each-others-members-in-syria/|title=Warring Syrian Rebel Groups Abduct Each Other's Members|publisher=Times of Israel|date=28 May 2013}} |
*{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/warring-rebel-groups-abduct-each-others-members-in-syria/|title=Warring Syrian Rebel Groups Abduct Each Other's Members|publisher=Times of Israel|date=28 May 2013}} |
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*{{cite web|author=Aji, Albert|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/syrian-rebel-groups-fight_n_3298546.html|title=Syrian Rebel Groups Fight Each Other As Ghurabaa Al-Sham And Judicial Council Engage In Mutual Kidnappings|work=Huffington Post |date=18 May 2013}}</ref> |
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{{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Azadi Party<ref>http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/3/syriakurd759.htm</ref><Ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/world/middleeast/syrias-kurds-try-to-balance-security-and-alliances.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref> |
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Syrian government
24,617 soldiers and policemen killed[33] 146 killed[33][36] |
16,699[33]–41,800[37] fighters killed*
979 protesters killed[38] | 13–28 YPG fighters killed (as of October 2012)[40][41][42] | ||||||
92,901–100,000 killed overall (April 2013 UN estimate)[43][44]
96,430[33]–120,000[45] killed overall (May 2013 SOHR estimate)
2.5–3 million internally displaced[54][55] *Number possibly higher due to the opposition counting rebels that were not defectors as civilians.[58] **Number includes foreign fighters from both sides, as well as foreign civilians |
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