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Geopolitics Syria Crisis

The Shammar, The Tribe Fighting ISIS On The Front Lines

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Post date August 15, 2016

Christian soldiers in Mosul, Iraq. Jawdat Ahmed/ZUMA

Spread between Syria and Iraq, the Saudi-financed tribal army engages the Islamic State head-on.

Tags iraq, isis, islamic state, jordan, kurds, peshmerga, saudi arabia, shammar, syria, syrian civil war

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