21st Combined Force (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
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
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 2015 Jisr al-Shughur offensive

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. It notably includes religious minorities in leadership positions.

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

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. In December 2015 it merged with the Knights of Justice Brigade to form the Northern Division, but the 101st Division left the group in June 2016.

On 14 October 2016, the 101st Infantry Division absorbed several smaller rebel groups and changed its name to the 21st Combined Force.

The group's leadership stance on Israel can be described as hostile.

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