The Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement (Arabic: حركة نور الدين الزنكيḤaraka Nūr ad-Dīn az-Zankī) was a SunniIslamist rebel group involved in the Syrian Civil War. In 2014, it was reportedly one of the most influential factions in Aleppo,[22] especially the Western Aleppo countryside. Between 2014 and 2015, it was part of the Syrian Revolutionary Command Council and recipient of U.S.-made BGM-71 TOWanti-tank missiles.[23] The Movement made multiple attempts to merge with the larger Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham but were refused by Ahrar al-Sham's leadership. The Zenki Movement also made attempts to merge with other Islamist factions, Jaysh al-Islam and the Sham Legion. However, all merging efforts with these groups failed, leading to the Zenki Movement joining the Salafi IslamistHayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in 2017.[24] But after a few months the group left HTS and within a year went to war with HTS by joining the Turkish-backed Syrian Liberation Front alongside Ahrar al-Sham on 18 February 2018.[18] After a series of clashes in early 2019 Al Zenki were largely defeated by HTS, expelled to Afrin and absorbed in the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army.
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