Sentence examples for tribal power from inspiring English sources

In just a few months, the Houthi fighters had managed to do what Saleh could not in 2011 - destroy the tribal power base of Islah and bring down his powerful foe, Major General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who also led wars against the rebels in Saada.

The tribal power structures were shaken.

There are risks in a foreigner meddling in Afghanistan's intricate tribal power game.

The resurgence of tribal power has its advantages, many analysts say, at least for now.

In the period of invasion and disunion (3rd 6th century ad), it was a stronghold of Xianbei tribal power.

But with new money from casino gambling, and a maturing of tribal power, Indians are no longer everybody's favorite underdog.

In the most violent provinces governors struggle to compete with tribal power-brokers, fat on the profits of drug-smuggling and military contracts.

These powers included the ability to both restrict tribal powers or to relax such restrictions.

The decision limited tribal sovereignty by affirming the ability of Congress to relax or to restrict tribal powers.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote a concurrence which stated that Congress was very careful to base the changes to the statute on inherent tribal powers and not on a delegation of authority.

In the new system of social relations that emerged with the war, the Polisario became a supra-tribal power able to fight for the recovery of territory, represent the Sahrawi people as a whole internationally and provide refugees with the necessary means of consumption through political and humanitarian support.