Coastal Shield Brigade

Coastal Shield Brigade
لواء درع الساحل
Founding leaderMiqdad Fatiha
Foundation1 January 2015 (within the Syrian Arab Army)
6 February 2025 (as an insurgent cell)
Country Syria
Allegiance Ba'athist Syria
MotivesTo overthrow the Syrian Transitional Government.
Active regionsLatakia Governorate
IdeologyAssadism
Allies Syrian Popular Resistance
Military Council for the Liberation of Syria
Opponents Syrian transitional government
Battles and wars

Coastal Shield Brigade (Arabic: لواء درع الساحل, romanized: Liwāʼ Dirʻ al-Sāḥil) is a Syrian Assadist militant organization formed in January 2015. It announced its operations in February 2025, after the fall of the Assad regime.