Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order

Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
Participant in the Iraq War, the Iraqi insurgency (2011–13), the Iraq War (2014–present), and the War on Terror
The emblem of the JRTN.
Active	30 December 2006 – 18 December 2011 January 2014 – present
Ideology	Naqshbandi Islam Iraqi nationalism Ba'athism
Leaders	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Area of operations	North-West and West Iraq, Sunni Triangle
Strength	5,000+
Allies	MCIR SCJL Free Iraqi Army Anbar Tribal Councils
Opponents	Republic of Iraq Iraqi Army Iraqi Navy Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Special Operations Forces Popular Mobilization Forces Quds Force Promised Day Brigades Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Badr Brigades Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga Islamic State of Iraq and Levant
Battles and wars	Iraqi insurgency (2003–11) Civil war in Iraq (2006–07) Iraqi insurgency (2011–present) 2013 Hawija clashes Anbar campaign (2013–14) Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) First Battle of Tikrit Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014) Battle of Mosul (2016)
Website	alnakshabandia.net

Republic of Iraq

Popular Mobilization Forces

Kurdistan Regional Government

Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)
Civil war in Iraq (2006–07)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)

The Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order (Arabic: جيش رجال الطريقة النقشبندية‎‎ Jaysh Rijāl aṭ-Ṭarīqa an-Naqshabandiya), also called the Naqshbandi Army, is one of a number of underground Ba'athist and Sufist militant insurgency groups in Iraq. Media frequently refers to the group by the initials JRTN, a romanization of its Arabic name.Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation, technically the name of the umbrella organisation to which JRTN belongs, is also often used to refer to JRTN specifically.