Ali Hatem al-Suleiman

Ali Hatem Abd al-Razzaq Ali al-Suleiman al-Assafi al-Dulaimi (; born 1971), better known as Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, is an Iraqi Sunni tribal leader who is the leader of the Dulaim tribe, in the Al Anbar Governorate.

Early life Ali was born in Baghdad in 1971. His father, Abdul-Razzaq, was the emir of the Dulaim tribe, one of the largest Arab tribes in Iraq. His grandfather, Ali al-Suleiman, led the confederation during the founding of Iraq. Its members are predominantly located in the Al Anbar Governorate.

Iraq War Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Ali joined the Iraqi insurgency. His own tribe formed the nucleus of the resistance/insurgency against US forces and Shiite government forces in Iraq, due to the bombing of Fallujah and the targeting of Sunnis in Baghdad. However, in 2006 he and his armed tribesmen turned against Al-Qaeda, due to their often indiscriminate use of violence, as well as the fact that Al-Qaeda in Iraq did not give enough respect to Anbar's sheikhs. Ali joined the Sons of Iraq movement, although he looked down on its leader, Sheikh Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, due to the small size of the Abu Risha tribe.

After leaving the insurgency, Ali became an important figure in Anbar. He formed a local police force of 60,000 gunmen from his tribe in Anbar. Ali was involved in the 2014 Northern Iraq offensive.

In early 2015, during the Battle of Ramadi, ISIL overran Ali's lands in Anbar Province and forced him to retreat to Erbil, The capital and largest city of the Kurdistan Region