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Added to the History Section: "--The Syrian Liberation Front: Formed in September 2012, the SLF presents itself as an independent coalition that includes dozens of minor movements that share similar economic interests. Three active movements are also affiliated with the SLF."
 * According to this Arab World document from April 8, 2013 [!], the Syrian Liberation Front was formed on September 2012 not February 2018 as the current Wikipedia Article states.****
 * Ask Professor about it
 * Passages from the article:

On Feb 18, 2018 the Syrian Liberation Front gained two of the largest Sunni Islamist rebel groups in northwasters Syria, Ahrar al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement. In their merger announcement both groups called on other rebel groups to join, and stated that the merger was a result of an initiative by the Syrian Islamic Council.

If deemed to be the right thing I would add this into the start of the History Section and fix the current one

Add to the last paragraph in the history section On 1 August 2018,... In an effort to strengthen its position in Idlib before the Syrian Arab Army turned its attention towards the province[5] and to eliminate al-Qaida groups in the region[6] ... ...along with 6 other groups (Suqour al-Sham Brigades, Jaysh al-Ahrar, Damascus Gathering, Unit 82 SWAT Forces[1], Free Hayan Brigade[2], Free North Brigade[3]) in the area. As one of the 17 members of the National Front for Liberation (NFL), the Syrian Liberation Front has access to resources, weapons, and training from the Turkish government. The Turkish Government has been backing the NFL since its inception, and in turn has backing the SLF since it joined the NFL in August 2018 [4].

Sources:

[!]https://advance-lexis-com.argo.library.okstate.edu/document/teaserdocument/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=5cf0bfcc-673c-4f09-93e3-eb5da08b86ca&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A584Y-6G61-JCF2-217V-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A584Y-6G61-JCF2-217V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=142710&pdteaserkey=h1&pditab=allpods&ecomp=1fyk&earg=sr5&prid=80cdda3f-c3b5-435e-84d4-a7c1f2fd0dcd

[1] Twitter post that doesnt exist anymore (https://twitter.com/alwataniathrer/status/1029034263432359936) Probably Remove Source

[2]https://smartnews-agency.com/ar/wires/317157/%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B6%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%80-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A9

[3]https://eldorar.com/node/124945

[4] https://www.enabbaladi.net/archives/231479

[5] https://advance-lexis-com.argo.library.okstate.edu/document/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=23b86239-8cdf-4c2c-96c4-084c09631bfa&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A5SHH-3SW1-DXCW-D3DP-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A5SHH-3SW1-DXCW-D3DP-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=400349&pdteaserkey=sr0&pditab=allpods&ecomp=1fyk&earg=sr0&prid=80cdda3f-c3b5-435e-84d4-a7c1f2fd0dcd

[6] https://www.dailysabah.com/columns/merve-sebnem-oruc/2019/02/27/will-putin-stop-a-looming-idlib-attack-or-sit-on-the-sidelines

[7] https://advance-lexis-com.argo.library.okstate.edu/document/teaserdocument/?pdmfid=1516831&crid=441fc198-bc4f-4c0c-904b-8bef92c46e01&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A57HX-5431-JC8S-C2YP-00000-00&pddocid=urn%3AcontentItem%3A57HX-5431-JC8S-C2YP-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=10962&pdteaserkey=h7&pditab=allpods&ecomp=byyk&earg=sr28&prid=6ca60de4-4603-45f8-8002-28ecbf1f891f

The Syrian Liberation Front (جبهة تحرير سوريا, Jabhat Tahrir Suriya, JTS) is a Syrian rebel group that was formed in September 2013 and is based out of the Aleppo Governorate in northwestern Syria. According to the executive director of the Syrian Liberation Front, Muhammad Allush, the SLF is seeking to establish a military police in order to control the rebels and the arms in liberated areas.[7]

Leadership
Initially, Jaber Ali Pasha, deputy commander of Ahrar al-Sham, was nominated as the general commander of the Syrian Liberation Front. Sheikh Tawfiq Shahabuddin, commander of the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, was named the deputy commander. Hussam Atrash and Captain Khalid Abu Yaman were appointed as the political and military commanders of the group. However, after hours of disputes over leadership positions, Hassan Soufan, general commander of Ahrar al-Sham, took over as the general commander of the group, replacing Jaber Ali Pasha. Elected in October 2017, Hassan Soufan was the leader of Ahrar al-Sham and stated he was determined to distinguish his movement from “criminal” and “corrupt” projects, such as “Hitish and Daesh".

History
On Feb 18, 2018 Ahrar al-Sham and the Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement merged and joined the Syrian Liberation Front. By doing so the SLF gained two of the largest Sunni Islamist rebel groups in northwestern Syria behind their main rival, Tahrir al-Sham. In their merger announcement both groups called on other rebel groups to join, and stated that the merger was a result of an initiative by the Syrian Islamic Council.

On Feb. 19 2018, the day after the merger, violent clashes erupted between the SLF and Tahrir al-Sham in the western Aleppo Governorate. The conflict soon spread to the Idlib Governorate where the SLF captured the city of Maarrat al-Nu'man, the towns of Ariha and Tramla, and the Wadi Deif military base from HTS on 21 February.

By April 18, pro-SLF media reported that after 60 days of fighting, 750 Tahrir al-Sham fighters and 225 SLF and Suqour al-Sham Brigades fighters had been killed, 3,000 fighters from both sides had been wounded, and 15 armoured vehicles (most of them belonging to Tahrir al-Sham) had been destroyed. The fighting ended with a ceasefire and gains for both sides.

On 3 May 2018, the Syrian Liberation Front, Suqour al-Sham, Sham Legion, and the Free Idlib Army formed a military council in the SLF-held Maarrat al-Nu'man. The council stated that it will not allow other factions to be formed in the city.

On 1 August 2018, in an effort to strengthen its position in Idlib before the Syrian Arab Army turned its attention towards the province[5] and to eliminate al-Qaida groups in the region[6],the Syrian Liberation Front, along with 6 other groups (Suqour al-Sham Brigades, Jaysh al-Ahrar, Damascus Gathering, Unit 82 SWAT Forces[1], Free Hayan Brigade[2], Free North Brigade[3]) in the area joined the National Front for Liberation. Anad al-Darwish ("Abu al-Munathir"), considered to be Ahrar al-Sham's most powerful military commander, was named the National Liberation Front's chief of staff. As one of the 17 members of the National Front for Liberation, the Syrian Liberation Front has access to resources, weapons, and training from the Turkish government. The Turkish Government has been backing the National Liberation Front since its inception, and in turn has been backing the Syrian Liberation Front since joining the National Libertation[4].

COMMENTS:

In your lead section, you say "According to...." and then proceed to quote a source. I could be wrong, but I think in the training it said that we are not to quote sources, but instead to paraphrase or restate the information and then just add a citation.

In the leadership section, you could link the Wikipedia page for the "Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement" (if there is one).

I think it may be better to format the Leadership section differently. You could give each leader a subheading and do a short profile on the leader. This would help the reader to better identify who the leaders are and will look a bit cleaner as well.

I think you may want to move some of the information from the history section into a separate section that talks about any armed conflicts they were involved in. You could title it "Incidents" or "Armed Conflict" or something to that effect. In addition, the last paragraph of your history section is a bit hard to read. The first sentence is cluttered and is very long.

Is the National Front for Liberation really abbreviated NFL? It may be better to avoid using that abbreviation since the first thing that will come to the mind of your American readers is the National Football League (NFL).

Finally, your template on the right side contains a lot of good information; however, it may be good to include more of that information in the actual article. You could take the info from the battles and wars section and make an article section containing that information.

Overall your grammar is good, you do not have any misspellings (as far as I can tell), and the article reads well aside from what I mentioned in the comments.