It ran as part of the State of Law Coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, but quickly disagreements appeared, after the arrest of 10 men from his tribe in Ar Rutba, by the Karbala police.

[citation needed] After the withdrawal of US troops, the Shiite government forces started to arrest Dulaimi civilians and killed them in Anbar.

Ali, his brother Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq, and other sheikhs of the tribe set up weekly demonstrations in Ramadi in the Square of Pride and Dignity, for one year, demanding the release of Sunni detainees and the withdrawal of the army from the cities in Anbar.

[citation needed] Ali formed the Military Council of the tribal rebels in Al-Anbar.

[8] 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[9]