The Nur al-Din al-Zanki Brigade is a brigade which was a part of the Al-Tawhid brigade (one of the largest opposition groups in the Syrian Civil War). The brigade is mostly active in Aleppo countryside.
The Nur al-Din Al-Zanki Brigade has been active since 2012 some claim even before that under a different name. The Brigade is known to have worked together with many different Free Syrian Army opposition groups but also with more extreme groups such as Al-Nusra front and have fought under their banner.
The group is well known for it's accomplishment back in 2012 when they managed to enter many neighborhoods in Aleppo and mainly holding control over the Salahuddin neighborhood.
Over the course of time the Syrian Army managed to push back militants from many neighborhoods. The Al-Zanki Brigade is now operating on their own and are fighting for a military factory in the countryside of Aleppo.
The Military factory holds a strategic point to one of the main roads into Aleppo which many different brigades including more extreme brigades have been trying to enter for a long time.
The Factory is used as a military base by the Syrian Army to fold back any attacks by militants and to secure main roads to Aleppo.
Map of the location:
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