Sentence examples for tribal source from inspiring English sources

"There used to be statues and walls as well as a castle," a Mosul tribal source told Reuters, describing the destruction.

The destruction of the site, which became the capital of the Neo-Assyrian empire, was confirmed by a local tribal source speaking to Reuters.

A tribal source told Reuters that Isis members had come "to the Nimrud archaeological city and looted the valuables in it and then they proceeded to level the site to the ground.

But a local tribal source told Reuters news agency: "Islamic State members came to the Nimrud archaeological city and looted the valuables in it and then they proceeded to level the site to the ground.

"Coalition planes launched an air strike on the positions of the Houthis and Saleh forces in the Najd area of Sirwah district after they repeatedly violated the ceasefire," a tribal source said by telephone from the central province of Mareb.

Warplanes also hit two districts in the Houthis' northerly home province of Saada, tribal sources said.

Yemeni tribal sources told Reuters that a military helicopter had been shot down as it fired rockets at gunmen suspected of involvement in blowing up oil pipelines.

The five suspects were able to hide or escape the barrage, according to tribal sources and security officials in Marib Province, 100 miles east of the capital, Sana.

Hours earlier, Yemeni tribal sources and unnamed officials had reported two US drone strikes that killed four al-Qaida operatives in Marib, north-east of Sana'a, including a senior commander who was named by al-Jazeera as Salah al-Jumati.

Tribal sources in Mir Ali, where the drone attack occurred, said Mr. Libi was either killed or seriously wounded in the strike, which Pakistani officials said killed at least 15 people.

But Taliban and tribal sources say Mr. Mehsud, who has close ties to Al Qaeda and retains the loyalty of most of his commanders, vehemently rejects the idea of talks.