sheikh h humaydi hopes h he canp shape popost-war polititic sheikh humaydi: if you want to solve proboblems, the tribes ae important. 90% of people here belong to a tribe, whether they're arab, kurdish, or christian. we all share the same culture, because these local tribes all have the same traditions and customs. reporter: humaydi's palace is in tell alo, a small village in northern syria. this is where the shammar leader meets petitionerers, allie a ad otother eikhs.s. together w with his advivisorse decides s on issues afaffectine shammamar's future.. he a also mediateses in dispus between members of the tri,, and d distbutes s aito the needy. tell alolo is a long w way from damascus. that a always affordrded the shammar r a certain auautonomn their r decision-makaking. the tribal leaders even t t as a substute f forentral governrnment. the sheikhkh's revenues s comem the region's oil fields dd tolllls leed on n trelers. they p pay for his m militia d supporort for tribalal members. humaydi'i's fighters halaltedh vancnce of the self-prproclaimd islamic state, just short of tell alo. a h

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