(CNN)An Iraqi tribal leader said Saturday that ISIS militants are gaining ground in Anbar province, predicting a "collapse within hours" of Iraqi army forces there if tribal forces withdraw. Sheikh Naim al-Gaoud, a Sunni Muslim leader of the Albu Nimr tribe, called for more U.S. intervention -- including ground troops, arming tribes directly or at least pressuring the Iraqi government to give the tribes more firepower. While U.S. officials have said that ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State, is on the defensive in Iraq and Syria, al-Gaoud says that's definitely not the case where he is. "In Anbar, we are losing ground, not gaining," he said.
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Tribal leader warns of a massacre if ISIS moves into Anbar province town
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He says ISIS is gaining ground in the Iraqi province, which is just west of Baghdad
But now, al-Gaoud says, ISIS -- which consists of @placeholder extremists -- is making his tribe pay the price.