Colonel Alwan is a Shia Arab who has a superlative
knowledge of all the political, ethnic, and religious
militias operating in Iraq. He comes from a sectarian
point of view, seeing the Sunni Arabs as a continuing
threat to the other religious and ethnic groups in the
Middle East. Alwan has excellent contacts with the
Iranian Quds Force, having worked with them since
2014 during the campaign to retake Tikrit from ISIL.
He manages multiple networks of spies behind ISIL
lines and has contacts with resistance fighters of the
so-called Mosul Battalions.