Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

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Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation
القيادة العليا للجهاد والتحرير
Leaders	Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Dates of operation	3 October 2007 – 18 December 2011
Active regions	Iraq, Sunni Triangle
Ideology	Ba'athism Iraqi nationalism Arab socialism
Size	1,000+
Allies	Naqshbandi Army MCIR Free Iraqi Army Anbar Tribal Councils
Opponents	Republic of Iraq  Iraqi Ground Forces Iraqi Navy  Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Special Operations Forces Popular Mobilization Forces Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigades Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga Iran IRGC Syria ISIL
Battles and wars	Iraqi insurgency (2003–11) Civil war in Iraq (2006–07) Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)

The Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation (a.k.a. Supreme Council of Jihad and Liberation or SCJL or Ba'athist Loyalists) is an Iraqi front comprising some 23 militia groups formed in October 2007 and were led by former Iraqi vice president and deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. The name is also often used to refer to the largest militia in the front, the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order (also known by its Arabic initials JRTN), which was commanded by Douri himself.^[1]

The formation of the coalition was announced on 3 October 2007 in a videotaped message broadcast on the Arab satellite television channel Al Arabiya and in a statement posted on a Ba'athist website.^[2]