Al-Shirgat, Iraq - Dec 09, 2016: Displaced people fleeing Mosul crossing the Tigris River.

9 Dec, 2016 - Al-Shirgat, Salah ad Din, Iraq: New IDPs fleeing Mosul use a Hashed Al Sunni boat to cross the Tigris river.

Members of Hashed Al Sunni help and protect civilians escape ISIS-controlled areas in Mosul and cross the Tigris river and enter Shirqat District where they will be sheltered in camps.

Hashed Al Sunni is a Sunni tribal force sometimes referred to as "tribal mobilization" or "national mobilisation". It is a member of Hashed al-Shaabi, an umbrella organisation created in 2014, which includes an array of paramilitary forces who vary widely in skill and in the degree to which they are actually under government control. The main groups are Iranian-backed Shiite militias, including Ketaeb Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Badr. The Hashed has played a major role in the anti-IS fight in Iraq but forces within it have also carried out abuses.