Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tribe”. Today it says “one of four tribes”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Alawite tribe of Syria”. It now reads “Alawite tribe in Syria”.
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Alawite tribe in Syria This article is about the Alawite clan of modern Syria. The Kalbiyya ( Arabic : الكلبية ), or Kalbi or Kelbi tribe is one of four tribes, or tribal confederations, of the Alawite community in Syria . Appearing in historical sources from the 16th century, the Kalbiyya came to prominence when Hafez al-Assad , the son of a Kalbiyya tribal leader, seized power in Syria in a coup in 1970 . Assad ruled Syria as a dictator for 30 years and ensured that power was concentrated in the hands of members of the Kalbiyya tribe, a policy which his son, Bashar al-Assad , continued for another 24 years until overthrown in 2024. The Kalbiyya population mainly live in the Latakia Governorate in north west Syria.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Kalbiyya , or Qalbiyya , are a tribe, or tribal confederation, of the Alawite community of Syria .
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The Kalbiyya , ( ) Qalbiyya or Banu Kalb , are one of four tribes, or tribal confederations, of the Alawite community in Syria .Syrian Presidents Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad are from the Kalbiyya.
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Alawite tribe of Syria This article is about the Alawite clan of modern Syria.The Kalbiyya ( ), or Kalbi or Kelbi tribe is one of four tribes, or tribal confederations, of the Alawite community in Syria .Appearing in historical sources from the 16th century, the Kalbiyya came to prominence when Hafez al-Assad , the son of a Kalbiyya tribal leader, seized power in Syria in a coup in 1970 .Assad ruled Syria as dictator for 30 years and ensured that power was concentrated in the hands of members of the Kalbiyya tribe, a policy which his son, Bashar Al-Assad , continued after he became president in 2000.The Kalbiyya population mainly live in the Latakia Governorate in north west Syria.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “tribe”. Today it says “one of four tribes”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Alawite tribe of Syria”. It now reads “Alawite tribe in Syria”. Read the current article and compare.
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tribe
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one of four tribes
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