Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Sunni tribes joining Shia militias as war against IS heats up in Iraq 

Partial rapprochement despite credible allegations that some militia troops abused or killed Sunni civilians and destroyed homes 
Sheikh Qais Jassem al-Khazraji (in brown robe) with Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai and another Sunni tribal leader (MEE / Jonathan Steele) 


Jonathan Steele's pictureJonathan Steele-Tuesday 1 December 2015
Middle East EyeKARBALA, Iraq - Wearing elegant gold-fringed robes and traditional Arab head-dresses, three Sunni tribal leaders waited respectfully in an upstairs reception room inside the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala one morning last week.