Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
The Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order, also called the Naqshbandi Army, was one of a number of underground Ba'athist and Sufi militant insurgency groups fighting U.S.-led Coalition forces in Iraq. Media frequently refers to the group by the... Wikipedia
Dates of operation: 30 December 2006 – May 14 2021
Active regions: Northwestern and western Iraq; Sunni Triangle; Baghdad Belts
Battles and wars: Iraq War: Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) > Iraqi civil war (2006–2008);
Group(s): Intifada Ahrar al-Iraq (2012-13)
Ideology: Sufi Islam; Naqshbandi; Iraqi nationalism; Arab Socialism; Ba'athism
Leaders: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri † (founder, 2006–2020); Salah Al-Mukhtar (2020–2021)