101st Division (Syrian rebel group)

21st Combined Force
تجمع القوة 21 Participant in the Syrian civil war
Official logo of the 21st Combined Force Former 101st Division Flag
Active	March 2014 – present
Ideology	Islamic democracy
Groups	1st Tank Brigade 3rd Tank Brigade 7th Special Forces Brigade 9th Infantry Brigade Special Missions Battalion
Leaders	Colonel Hassan Hamada Major Youssef Hammoud Commander Mamoun al-Omar
Area of operations	Idlib Governorate Aleppo Governorate Hama Governorate
Strength	2,000 (2015)
Part of	Free Syrian Army Syrian Revolutionary Command Council Fatah Halab
Allies	Free Idlib Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front (formerly)
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) Battle of Aleppo (2012–16) Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016)

Syrian Civil War

The 21st Combined Force (Arabic: تجمع القوة 21‎‎), formerly the 101st Infantry Division, (Arabic: الفرقة 101 مشاة‎‎), is Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, sanctioned by the Syrian National Council and a part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council. It received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles and is funded by the Supreme Military Council.

On 6 May 2015, along with 13 other Aleppo-based groups, joined the Fatah Halab joint operations room.

The background of the 101st Infantry Division lay within the Guardians of the Revolution group, a non-sectarian FSA group based in the Idlib Governorate that notably included religious minorities in its leadership positions. On 22 June 2013, the Guardians of the Revolution merged with several other FSA groups under the authority of the Supreme Military Council to form the 33rd Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Ammar Dayoub. The division claimed to have 1,700 fighters and its spokesman was Lieutenant Muhanad al-Ayssama, a Druze.

The 101st Infantry Division suspended its cooperation with the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front on 21 July 2014. On 7 September 2014, 101st Division allied with four other rebel groups, including the Knights of Justice Brigade, into a new formation called the 5th Corps.

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