Sunni Militias Join Iraqi Forces Poised to Take Back Mosul
Among the Iraqi forces preparing for the key battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul are Sunni tribal militias, drawn from the local villages and motivated by the desire to claw back home ground lost to the militants over two years ago. One of them is Sheikh Nazhan Sakhar, with 700 men under […]Among the Iraqi forces preparing for the key battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul are Sunni tribal militias, drawn from the local villages and motivated by the desire to claw back home ground lost to the militants over two years ago.
One of them is Sheikh Nazhan Sakhar, with 700 men under his command.
Sakhar says his militiamen are critical to the fight for Iraq's second-largest city because, unlike most of those serving in of Iraq's military, they are local to the Mosul area.
