Northern Storm Brigade

Northern Storm Brigade
Northern Storm Brigade
لواء عاصفة الشمال; Liwa Asifat al-Shamal
	; The logo used by the group
Leaders	Mahmoud Naddom; Ammar Ibrahim Dadikhi †; Samir Amouri (former);
Dates of operation	2011 – 2025
Groups	Azaz Falcons Brigade (left to join the Al-Shahba Gathering in May 2023); Martyr Ibrahim Radwan Battalion (left to join the Al-Shahba Gathering in May 2023); the Masaab Abu az-Zuber Battalion (left to join the Al-Shahba Gathering in May 2023); Muthanna Battalion (left to join the Al-Shahba Gathering in May 2023);
Headquarters	Azaz
Active regions	Aleppo Governorate
Ideology	Sunni Islamism; Secularism (formerly)
Size	1,100–2,000 (2012); 200 (2014); 500 (January 2015)
Part of	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Tawhid Brigade (formerly); ; Levant Front (since 2014); ; Syrian National Army (since 2017);
Allies	Turkey; Al-Tawhid Brigade (2012–2014); Kurdish Front (formerly; 2014–2015)
Opponents	Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Tahrir al-Sham; Syrian Democratic Forces
Wars	the Syrian Civil War

The Northern Storm Brigade (Arabic: لواء عاصفة الشمال, Liwā’ ’Āṣifat ash-Shamāl), also known as the Northern Hurricane Brigade, was a Syrian rebel group formed in 2011 and based in Azaz in northwestern Syria, near the border with Turkey. The leader and other members of the group were smugglers from Azaz and its surroundings before the Syrian Civil War. The group retained exclusive control of the Bab al-Salam border crossing.