Northern Sun Battalion
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| Active | April 2014 — present |
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| Headquarters | Manbij, Aleppo Governorate |
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 Army of RevolutionariesEuphrates Volcano Manbij Military Council  Syrian Democratic Forces
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The Northern Sun Battalion (Arabic: كتائب شمس الشمال, translit. Kata'eb Shams ash-Shamal) is an armed rebel group affiliated with the Free Syrian Army that has been active during the Syrian Civil War.
The formation of the Northern Sun Battalion was announced by a defected Syrian Armed Forces brigadier general Mohammed Hammou in the Manbij countryside on 16 April 2014. Less than a week later, several other small groups and individuals joined the battalion, including Abu Layla from Jabhat al-Akrad.
The Northern Sun Battalion, formerly main constituent of the Dawn of Freedom Brigades, on 3 May 2015 formed the Army of Revolutionaries together with Jabhat al-Akrad, former Hazzm Movement and Syria Revolutionaries Front affiliates, and smaller FSA groups.
In October 2015 it became part of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Subsequently, the Dawn of Freedom Brigades went defunct.
In November, the battalion participated in the Syrian Democratic Force's al-Hawl offensive, and according to commander-in-chief Adnan al-Ahmad is committed to pushing ISIL out of al-Shaddadah and ar-Raqqa, as well as from Jarablus, the Tishrin Dam and Manbij.
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