On July 7, Iraq’s Revolutionary Tribal Leaders Conference was held in Erbil. It consisted of armed groups' tribal leaders who have cooperated with the Islamic State (IS), under the slogan of “Hand in Hand to Liberate Iraq.”
Sheikh Raad al-Suleiman, the spokesman for the conference, said, “Sunni areas have been liberated from the Iraqi government. The armed groups are seeking to liberate Baghdad, and their objective is to overthrow the political process.”