International media outlets have covered the news of Syrian tribes since the beginning of the protest movement that erupted in the country in 2011. This started with the “Friday of Tribes,” when Syrian tribes participating in protests against the Syrian regime in the Syrian city of Dar‘a began chanting “faz‘a” (chanting for support), which meant that they were seeking solidarity from other tribes for defense against the regime's aggression. As the Syrian uprising turned into a civil war that involved many players, some media outlets focused on the scenes of tribal leaders pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or of others being summoned to Geneva, Switzerland, to hold talks with Western powers about the possibility of mobilizing against ISIS militants. One could only wonder exactly why tribal loyalties continued to play such a significant role in the everyday events of the Syrian civil war when many civil society advocates had argued that tribal affiliation in Syria had diminished.

自 2011 年在该国爆发的抗议运动开始以来，国际媒体一直在报道叙利亚部落的消息。这始于“部落星期五”，当时叙利亚部落在叙利亚城市参加反对叙利亚政权的抗议活动。 Dar'a 开始高呼“ faz'a ”（高呼支持)，这意味着他们正在寻求其他部落的团结，以抵御政权的侵略。随着叙利亚起义演变成一场涉及众多参与者的内战，一些媒体关注部落领导人宣誓效忠伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国 (ISIS) 或其他人被传唤到瑞士日内瓦举行会议的场景。与西方列强就动员打击伊斯兰国武装分子的可能性进行谈判。人们只能想知道为什么当许多民间社会倡导者认为叙利亚的部落隶属关系已经减少时，部落忠诚在叙利亚内战的日常事件中继续发挥如此重要的作用。