Months before Israel was established in May 1948, a Muslim Arab tribal chief pledged loyalty to the proposed Jewish state and ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to “fully commit” to a ceasefire aimed at ending clashes with Druze-linked militias that left ...

One of the greatest Arab philosophers, the Tunisian Ibn Khaldun, had already drawn a line between the “urban Arabs” and the Bedouins at the end of the 14th century. His main interest was language, ...

MAZRAA, Syria — U.S. envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said early Saturday that Israel and Syria had agreed to a ceasefire following Israel’s intervention this week in fighting between Syrian government ...

Fighting between the Druze population in Syria’s Suwayda Governorate and local Bedouin tribes continues to escalate after breaking out Sunday in the Suwayda neighborhood of Maqus. The most recent ...

The sectarian clashes this month in Syria's restive Suwayda region (also mentioned as Sweida) reopened festering rivalries that erupted in the power vacuum created by the end of Bashar al-Assad regime ...

Armed with a camera and tape recorder, he spent decades preserving the ancient traditions of nomadic Middle Eastern tribes. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from Jerusalem Clinton Bailey, an ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to “fully commit” to a ceasefire aimed at ending clashes with Druze-linked militias that left ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa urged Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes Saturday to “fully commit” to a ceasefire aimed at ending clashes with Druze-linked militias that left ...