Sa'ar tribe

Sa'ar tribe (Arabic: قبيلة الصيعر‎) also spelled Sai'ar tribe is a Yemeni Bedouin tribe. The tribe is located in central Yemen, mainly in al-Abr, Raydat as Say‘ar and Hagr As Sai'ar District. The members of the tribe are known as "the wolves of the desert". According to Wilfred Thesiger, the Sa'ar tribe was feared and hated by all South Arabian desert tribes.[1][2]

Map shows key tribal areas in Yemen

Notable events

In 2016, Hashim al-Ahmar, the brother of Sadiq al-Ahmar, the leader of Hashid tribe, guards killed two members of the Sa’ar tribe in al-Abr. The Sa’ar tribe prepared for a war against the tribe of Hashid. Ali Moshen al-Ahmar intervened to settle down the crisis between the two tribes but the tribe of Sa’ar refused his arbitration. Eventually the army of Hashim al-Ahmar left the area of al-Abr.[3]

References
  1. Thesiger, Wilfred (2008-01-02). Arabian Sands. Penguin. p. 181. ISBN 9781101160664.
  2. Burrowes, Robert D. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Yemen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 388. ISBN 9780810855281.
  3. نيوز, حضرموت-إرم (2016-11-28). "اليمن.. "فتنة" العبر بين الجيش وقبائل الصّيعر إلى أين؟". إرم نيوز‬ (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-10-22.


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