Coastal Shield Brigade

Coastal Shield Brigade
لواء درع الساحل
Founding leader	Muqdad Fatiha
Foundation	February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)
Country	Syria
Active regions	Latakia Governorate
Ideology	Neo-Ba'athism
Allies	Syrian Popular Resistance
Opponents	Syria Military Operations Command Islamic State

Coastal Shield Brigade (Arabic: لواء درع الساحل, romanized: Liwāʼ Dirʻ al-Sāḥil) is a neo-Ba'athist militant organization formed from the remnants of the 25th Special Forces of the Syrian Arab Army after the Fall of Assad.

History

The Coastal Shield Brigade was established on February 6, 2025, by the former member of the 25th Special Forces and the republican guard, Muqdad Fatiha, alongside other soldiers, and published a video showing the establishment against the Military Operations Command and the Syrian Transitional Government which was spread by the Syrian Popular Resistance. They established the Coastal Brigade near the Latakia Mountains in the Latakia Governorate to fight against Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham in their original stronghold, he called for Alawites and previous supporters of Bashar al-Assad to "take arms" against Ahmed al-Sharaa. Fatiha stated in the video about the Coastal Shield Brigade's establishment to the escalation of violations by Ahmad al-Sharaa’s authority after the attacks on the Alawites in the cities of the Syrian coast, stressing the brigade’s responsibility for any targeting of al-Sharaa’s authority on the coast and outside the Syrian coast.