21st Combined Force (Syrian rebel group)

21st Combined Force
تجمع القوة 21
Official logo of the 21st Combined Force Former 101st Infantry Division Flag
Leaders	Col. Hassan Hamada[1] Col. Youssef Hammoud[2] Cmdr. Mamoun al-Omar[3] Lt. Col. Ammar Dayoub [4] Osama al-Khader [5]
Dates of operation	June 2013 – present June 2013 – March 2014 (as the 33rd Infantry Division) March 2014 – October 2016 (as the 101st Infantry Division) October 2016 – present (as the 21st Combined Force)
Group(s)	1st Tank Brigade 3rd Tank Brigade 7th Special Forces Brigade 9th Infantry Brigade Special Missions Battalion Resolute Storm Brigade[5]
Active regions	Idlib Governorate Aleppo Governorate[1] Hama Governorate Latakia Governorate
Ideology	Syrian nationalism
Size	1,700 (2013)[4] 2,000 (2015)[3]
Part of	Free Syrian Army[1] Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[6] Fatah Halab (2015–2016) 5th Corps (2014)
Allies	Free Idlib Army Sham Legion National Unity Brigades (2013) Islamic Front
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[7] Al-Nusra Front/Tahrir al-Sham (since 2015)
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–16) Aleppo offensive (July–August 2016) Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015) Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017)
Preceded by 33rd Infantry Division

The 21st Combined Force (Arabic: تجمع القوة 21), formerly called the 101st Infantry Division (Arabic: الفرقة 101 مشاة) and the 33rd Infantry Division (Arabic: الفرقة 33 مشاة), is a Syrian rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, sanctioned by the Syrian National Council,^[1] and part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council.^[6] The group was led by Colonel Hassan Hamada. It received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles, and was funded by the Supreme Military Council.^[1]