(Reuters) - Powerful Syrian insurgent groups have rejected the authority of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, damaging efforts by Western-backed political exiles to forge a moderate rebel military force on the ground.
The 13 groups include some of the strongest rebel units in Syria, and several which had been affiliated to the Supreme Military Command (SMC) of the Free Syrian Army. Reliable figures for their strength in numbers are not available.
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