How Syria’s tribes turned the tide against the SDF

How Syria’s tribes turned the tide against the SDF

Deir Az-Zour, Syria - In eastern Syria, long the country’s tribal heartland, the past few weeks have been marked by family reunions and tribal gatherings.  After the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were pushed out of the Arab-majority provinces of Deir Az-Zour and most of Raqqa - mainly by locals and tribesmen, according to local sources - tribal leaders have been returning and taking photos of themselves in places they hadn’t been fo…