Albu Nimr

Albu Nimr or al-Bu Nimr (Arabic: البو نمر or البونمر‎‎) is a Sunni Arab tribe (عشيرة ashirah) of some 500,000 people living in the area of Ramadi in Anbar Province of Iraq. It is part of the larger Dulaim tribe. In the years after 2007 Albu Nimr was part of the Sahwa militia that fought al-Qaeda in Iraq. In 2014 it was one of the Sunni Arab tribes that fiercely opposed the Islamic State.

Albu Nimr

Albu Nimr or al-Bu Nimr (Arabic: البو نمر or البونمر‎‎) is a Sunni Arab tribe (عشيرة ashirah) of some 500,000 people living in the area of Ramadi in Anbar Province of Iraq. It is part of the larger Dulaim tribe. In the years after 2007 Albu Nimr was part of the Sahwa militia that fought al-Qaeda in Iraq. In 2014 it was one of the Sunni Arab tribes that fiercely opposed the Islamic State.