The report states that there is a total of around 100 000 fighters fragmented into as many as 1 000 bands which are battling the Syrian Army and you are still putting the FSA numbers between 50 000 80 000 Those numbers btw are according to the FSA s leadership If there are 100 000 fighters fragmented into 1 000 bands and half of them being jihadists fundamentalists islamist etc then every single fighter in the other moderate group would have to be a member of the FSA just so we would get to the cca 50 000 number Just to think that we would have to be very optimistic if not na ve If there would be 50 000 80 000 FSA in Syria then they would definetly be top dog among the groups fighting the Syrian Army and that clearly isn t the case on the field I mean the 10 000 jihadists force is killing their commanders and controlling the north of the country What does the 80 000 strong FSA control then The stark assessment to be published later this week accords with the view of Western diplomats estimate that less than one third of the opposition forces are palatable to Britain while American envoys put the figure even lower FSA is palatable to Britain and the US so I guess you need to look the FSA strength in that max one third or even less 15 000 30 000 would be far more realistic considering what is happening on the field of battle The hardest fighting of the Syrian army is against jihadists and fundamentalists