A study of Raqqa tribes in Syria social, political and economic profiles

This study starts from the premise that a clan or tribe is a political phenomenon first and foremost. Of course, the clan is a social entity it was formed within the social life of human beings and to achieve social needs. It could also be an economic entity or a security institution whose tribal men exchange services and benefits and protect each other in the face of all forms of external danger; The clan is often an ethnic entity as well, because it is based on blood kinship or lineage in origin. Kinship here may be real, or it may be hypothetical, which tribesmen imagine in response to a specific situation. This research aims, through its six chapters, to clarify the tribal structure in the province of Raqqa and explain the basic concepts and differences between tribe and clan, as well as other terms that are often used in their incorrect locations. This research also aims to discuss social changes and tribal customs and traditions that have developed over time, in addition to researching the policies of states, governments and authorities that have successively controlled the province of Raqqa. And exploring the implications and results of these policies on the relationship that linked the state and the tribe since before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and passing through all the authorities and governments that ruled this region up to the 2011 Syrian uprising, which is still going on to this day, and discussing their very large effects on the structure of the tribe and the relationship of tribe members between them and the relationship with them. Other tribes and the relationship of the tribal community as a whole with the authority and the state.