The urban Arabs had absorbed the civilizations that came before them — Byzantine, Egyptian, Roman. They lived side by side ...

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, a new study says. The use of ...

More information: Eleanor Gao, Bringing back the tribe: why we should not abandon the study of tribes in the Arab world, Frontiers in Political Science (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1454752 ...

Arab tribes in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province said they are ready to resume the uprising they had temporarily ceased. In a post on social media, Ibrahim al-Hafil, leader of the Akidat ...

On recent clashes between Arab tribes and the terror group PKK/YPG in eastern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the tribes are claiming back their ...

Days of fighting between the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and members of local Arab tribes in Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria, has highlighted local discontent with the control of the ...

The latest fighting broke out last week between the Arab Rizeigat and non-Arab Gimir tribes in the district of Kolbus, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from El Geneina, the capital of the West ...