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== Combatants ==
[[File:Major Yasser Abdul Rahim.png|left|thumb|[[Major (rank)|Major]] Yasser Abdul Rahim, commander of [[Fatah Halab]] and field commander of the [[Sham Legion]] in Aleppo, coordinates an attack on [[People's Protection Units|YPG]] positions in Aleppo, 2 October 2015.]]
At the beginning of the Battle of Aleppo, rebels reportedly had between 6,000<ref>{{cite news|author=Martin Chulov |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/04/aleppo-syria-civil-war |title=War for Aleppo: battle rages in city that will determine fate of Syria |newspaper=Guardian |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref> and 7,000<ref name="new offensive">{{cite news|author=Matthew Weaver and Brian Whitaker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/middle-east-live/2012/aug/08/syria-crisis-rebels-kill-russian-general-live |title=Syria crisis: Assad's new offensive in Aleppo – live updates |newspaper=Guardian |date=8 August 2012|access-date=2 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref> fighters in 18 battalions.<ref name="keycities">{{cite news|author=Ivan Watson |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/26/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html |title=Battles for key cities of Aleppo, Damascus heat up in Syrian civil war |publisher=CNN |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref> The largest rebel group was the [[al-Tawhid Brigade]] and the most prominent was the [[Free Syrian Army]], largely composed of army defectors. Most of the rebels came from the Aleppo countryside and from towns including [[Al-Bab]], [[Mare'|Marea]], [[Azaz]], [[Tel Rifaat]] and [[Manbij]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian rebels fight on for Aleppo despite local wariness |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/21/syrian-rebels-aleppo-local-hostility |last=Chulov |first=Martin |date=21 August 2012 |access-date=9 September 2012 |location=London |work=The Guardian}}</ref> A resident of Aleppo reportedly accused the rebels of using civilian homes for shelter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Sep-27/189319-aleppo-residents-caught-in-crossfire-losing-faith-in-rebels.ashx#ixzz27cMjLaFd |title=Aleppo residents caught in crossfire losing faith in rebels |newspaper=Daily Star |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929091115/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Sep-27/189319-aleppo-residents-caught-in-crossfire-losing-faith-in-rebels.ashx#ixzz27cMjLaFd |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 19 November 2012, the rebel fighters—particularly the al-Tawhid Brigade and the al-Nusra Front—initially rejected the newly formed [[Syrian National Coalition]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian Islamists Reject Western-Backed Opposition |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syrian-islamist-groups-reject-opposition-coalition-17758755#.UKq0Z-T8KW0 |last=Kennedy |first=Elizabeth |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=19 November 2012 |access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref> However, the next day the rebels withdrew their rejection.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aleppo rebels retract rejection of coalition |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/2012112016567298627.html |last=Atassi |first=Basma |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=20 November 2012 |access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>
By December, rebel fighters were commonly looting for supplies; they switched their loyalties to groups that had more to share. This new approach led to the killing of at least one rebel commander following a dispute; fighters retreating with their loot caused the loss of a frontline position and the failure of an attack on a Kurdish neighborhood. The looting cost the rebel fighters much popular support.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syrian rebels sidetracked by scramble for spoils of war|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/27/syrian-rebels-scramble-spoils-war|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=27 September 2015|date=27 December 2012|last1=Abdul-Ahad|first1=Ghaith}}</ref>
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* {{cite web |last1=Cafarella |first1=Jennifer |last2=Casagrande |first2=Genevieve |title=Syrian Opposition Guide |publisher=[[Institute for the Study of War]] |series=Backgrounder |url=http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Syrian%20Opposition%20Guide_0.pdf |date=7 October 2015 }}
* {{Cite web |last1= Cafarella |first1= Jennifer |last2= Zhou |first2= Jason |title = Russia's Dead-End Diplomacy in Syria |date = 2019 |publisher = [[Institute for the Study of War]] |url = http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISW%20Report%20-%20Russia%E2%80%99s%20Dead-End%20Diplomacy%20in%20Syria%20-%20November%202019.pdf }}
* {{cite book |last= Lister |first= Charles R. |title= The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=S6eKCwAAQBAJ |date= 2015 |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |location= Oxford |isbn= 9780190613181 }}
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