The commander of the division is the former leader of the Sultan Suleiman Shah Division, Muhammad al-Jassem (Abu Amasha), who is under sanctions by the United States Department of the Treasury for having engaged in abductions, extortion, forced displacement, harassment and property confiscation, particularly targeting the Kurds of Afrin.[9][10] On 28 May 2025, the Council of the European Union sanctioned him and his faction for his involvement in the 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites.[4] He is considered a close friend of Saif al-Din Boulad, the commander of the 76th Division. Many senior commanders in the division are al-Jassem's associates and family members.[1]
Other high-ranking members of the division include: Chief of Staff Abu Bara’a, Commander of the Field intelligence Regiment Hadhir Khaled Al-Akhdab, Operations Officer Abu Al-Qasem Al-Homsi, Operations Officer Abd Al-Jabbar Al-Abed (Abu Shamil), Operations Officer in the 444th Brigade Abu Ma'ruf Al-Shami Al-Suri, and member of the 444th Brigade Sa'id Al-Khattab [1]
The division controls at least eight subordinate brigades:[1][8]
- 2nd Brigade (led by Muhammad al-Damalhi (Abu Ibrahim))
- 101st Brigade (led by Saif al-Jassem)
- 102nd Brigade
- 103rd Brigade (led by Basel ‘Amasha)
- 105th Brigade (led by Fadi Al-Jassem)
- 106th Brigade (led by Younes Al-Jassem)
- 444th Brigade (led by Malek Al-Jassem (Abu Saraj))
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