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

[2] The Coastal Shield Brigade was established on 6 February 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.

[3][4] 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.

[8] According to Turkish media, Fatiha was notorious for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, bribery, kidnapping and extrajudicial killings during the Assad regime.

[9] Fatiha likely used resources and human networks developed under the Assad regime to establish the Coastal Shield Brigade.