A Study of Rural Composition and Map of Tribal and Clan Structures and Their Interactions in Aleppo and Idlib post-2011 The history of Syrian geography is inseparable from the history of its tribes, ...

The decision of the PKK leader has also influenced the SDF and the Syrian Kurdish militias. Dissatisfaction and lack of support from Arab tribes in the northeast region. Tribalism is the primary form ...

Some of the tribes that clashed with Syrian forces, Baloukji said, were likely “subcontracted” by Hezbollah to keep the area chaotic, so that the group could keep profiting from smuggling ...

and some Alevi tribes (not to be confused with Alawites of Syria) — is rich with history. The Ottoman rule at its height saw the Kurds as a powerful ally against neighbouring Persia. They went ...