Division 30

30th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division
Arabic: الفرقة 30 مشاة
	Logo of the Division 30, which is identical to the logo of the New Syrian Army
Leaders	Lt. Col. Mohammad al-Dhaher; Capt. Ammar al-Wawi; Col. Nadim al-Hassam (POW); Anas Ibrahim Obaid;
Dates of operation	May—November 2015 (largely defunct)
Headquarters	Maryamin, Afrin and Mare', Aleppo Governorate
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate
Size	>54 (July—September 2015); 4–5 (after September 2015);
Part of	Free Syrian Army Army of Revolutionaries (remnants of second units);
Allies	United States; Mountain Hawks Brigade; Al-Mu'tasim Brigade;
Opponents	Islamic State; Al-Nusra Front;
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War
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The 30th Infantry Division (Arabic: الفرقة 30 مشاة), commonly referred to as Division 30, also called the New Syrian Forces, was a Syrian rebel group formed by the United States. It was formed in mid-2015 during the Syrian Civil War with a specified purpose of fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northwestern Syria.

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