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.

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 are the real owners of those places. The real owners of those places are not these terrorist groups,” he added. Erdogan reiterated that PKK and YPG are terrorist groups.

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 Arab territories, under Ottoman rule, were of significant strategic value to the British Empire. In 1916, the British government dispatched Lawrence as an agent to engage with the Arab rebels.

Over 40 mothers from Sudan’s Masalit tribe say their children, mostly boys, were shot, beaten or knifed to death by RSF paramilitary and allied Arab militias.

Clashes between Arab tribes, SDF forces in Syria pose challenge to US The clashes between Iranian-backed Arab tribes and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, supported by the United States, come ...

The BYU Arab Student Association hosted their Care Week fundraiser event on Nov. 20, where students and faculty gathered to raise money for victims of war in Gaza and Lebanon.