Rijal al Nour

Rijal al Nour, Saraya al Jawad (Arabic: رجال النور، سرايا الجواد, lit. 'Men of Light, Saraya Al-Jawad') is a Syrian Assadist militant organization formed in August 1, 2025.

Rijal al Nour, Saraya al Jawad
رجال النور، سرايا الجواد
Also known as	Saraya al Jawad
Foundation	August 1, 2025
Dates of operation	August 1, 2025 - present
Country	Syria
Allegiance	Ba'athist Syria
Headquarters	Jableh
Active regions	Latakia Governorate
Ideology	Assadism
Opponents	Syrian transitional government
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Western Syria clashes

History

It was founded on August 1, 2025 in a statement commemorating Bashar al-Assad's "Syrian Arab Army Day".^[1]

The group released a video on September 1 that shows the group carrying out an IED attack on the Jableh against a vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Defense on August 15, 2025,^[1] where 5 militants participated in addition to declaring retaliation for the arrest of Sheikh Saleh al-Mansour.^[2]

The group claimed another IED attack on a Syrian government vehicle on September 4, which the group claimed to have carried out in revenge for the assassination of Bashar Mihoub in Tartus, the video only shows an explosion, not the target or the location.^[3][4][5]

They pledged to launch intensive military operations against al-Sharaa and foreign mercenaries backed by Qatar and Turkey, describing it as "revenge for the souls of the martyrs", It is considered a possible extension of a previous faction called the Coastal Shield Brigade.^[6]

On 29 September, Rijal al Nour detonated a roadside IED on a likely government position near Besayasin, Latakia Province and two other IEDs the next day. None of Rijal al Nour's IED attacks caused casualties. The group said that it conducted the attack in revenge for the killing of four Alawite construction workers in Jardin, Hama Province on September 28.^[7]