This is what we need to see more of both in Iraq and Syria: cooperation of Sunni tribes with Kurds (and Shiites) In the fight against ISIS: - //Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since U.S. forces began bombing the Islamists. - The participation of Sunni tribal fighters in the battle against Islamic State could prove as important a development as the advance itself. - Members of the influential Shammar tribe, one of the largest in northwestern Iraq, joined theKurds in the fighting, a tribal figure said. - Rabia is completely liberated. All of the Shammar are with the Peshmerga, and there is full cooperation between us, Abdullah Yawar, a leading member of the tribe, told Reuters. - He said the cooperation was the result of an agreement with the president of Iraqs Kurdish region after three months of negotiation to join forces against the common enemy.//
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:56:25 +0000
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