The study of Arab tribes should not be abandoned because Middle East and North African citizens continue to insist on the relevance of the term in their daily lives, says a new study published in the ...

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A Lebanese man from an Arab tribe in Wadi Khaled was killed in the Syrian city of Sweida, as fierce fighting between Druze factions and Bedouin tribes has raged since July 13. The president of the ...

Some Arab tribes accused of massacring civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan are now unleashing their considerable firepower against each other in a battle over the spoils of war that is killing ...

In Syria’s vast northeastern areas, a brittle arrangement has for years held together an uneasy coexistence between the Arab tribes and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). But today, that ...

The Gathering of Arab Tribes in Lebanon on Saturday expressed its "full support for the Lebanese state" following the signing of a framework agreement with Israel. In a statement, the group warned ...

These negotiations – led by Egypt with the support of France and the United Arab Emirates – eventually led to a new conference and a session of public statements in Cairo on 16 July. About ten tribal ...

Ansar al Sharia, the insurgent wing of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), surrendered the city of Azzan to the Yemeni military on June 23, 2012. Its fall was the last blow in the Yemen army’s ...

Syrian tribes have found themselves on competing sides of Syria’s ongoing civil war. Youssef Badawi/EPA Saudi Arabia is putting renewed pressure on its ties with tribal groups in Syria as it continues ...