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Tribalism in Transition: Iraq’s Sunni Tribes Before, During and After the Islamic State – Part II
In this two-part series, author Alex Simon discusses the evolution and increasingly fragmented nature of Sunni tribalism in Iraq from the era of Ottoman occupation through the rise of the so-called Islamic State, and its implications for the future of the Iraqi polity.
Tribalism in Transition: Iraq’s Sunni Tribes Before, During and After the Islamic State – Part I
In this two-part series, author Alex Simon discusses the evolution and increasingly fragmented nature of Sunni tribalism in Iraq from the era of Ottoman occupation through the rise of the so-called Islamic State, and its implications for the future of the Iraqi polity.