Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki

Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki (حركة نور الدين الزنكي, Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement) is an independent insurgent group involved in the Syrian Civil War. It is part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council and has received U.S.-made BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles. As of 2014 it is reportedly one of Aleppos most important rebel factions.

History
Nour al-Din al-Zenki was formed in late 2011 by Shaykh Tawfiq Shahabuddin in the Shaykh Salman area north-west of Aleppo. The group's greatest concentration of fighters in the city of Aleppo are in its northwestern suburbs. Nour al-Din al-Zenki took part in the initial battles that started the Battle of Aleppo in July 2012, capturing the Salaheddine neighborhood, although it soon withdrew to its heartland in the countryside.

The group has gone through many affiliations since it was founded. It was initially a branch of the al-Fajr Movement, it went on to join the Tawhid Brigades during the attack on Aleppo, before withdrawing and allying with the Saudi-backed Authenticity and Development Front. In January 2014, Nour al-Din al-Zenki was one of the founding factions in the anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant umbrella group Army of Mujahedeen, however in May 2014 it withdrew from the alliance and subsequently received increased financial support from Saudi Arabia, which had been reluctant to support the Army due to its links with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.