As Egypt flexes its muscles with threats to intervene in Libya’s civil war, its President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has sought to join forces with some of the neighbouring country’s powerful tribes. Cairo ...

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack in Egypt's history, Sinai tribesmen have begun calling on the government to arm them so they can help counter further such actions. The Nov. 24 bomb and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt November 25, 2017.

AL QULA’AN, Egypt — In the south of Egypt’s Wadi El Gemal protected area, where the desert meets the Red Sea, lies Al-Qula’an, a small village standing on white sand with mangroves in the backdrop.

Sheikh Issa al-Kharafin, the sheikh of the Rumailat tribe and the head of the North Sinai Sheikhdom, speaks to Al-Monitor about the pros and cons of the tribal decision to take up arms to help the ...

An Arab Tribes Union had been formed, reports Gamal Essam El-Din On 1 May, the Arab Tribes Union (ATU), an alliance of 30 Egyptian Bedouin tribes, was announced at a large celebration in Al-Ajra in ...

Arab League secretary-general and Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa stresses the importance of unity in Egypt's political future in talks with Bedouin-Arab tribes Thousands of Arab tribal ...