In Yemen, a ceasefire agreement between tribal factions and government forces has dissolved, increasing fears of a widespread civil war.

There were always many 'guests' from various tribal factions at Cruachan for one reason or another.

A Rocky Mountain nation exists, but is split up among small tribal factions.

A major weakness of Kurdish national cohesiveness has been the strength of tribal and regional factions, often resulting in strong breaks between political parties.

Stephens had used the information about the earlier meeting to marshal support for establishing reservations amongst the wavering tribal factions.

North Carolina's politicians abandoned support for the federal recognition effort until the tribal factions agreed.

These burials were the result of internecine warfare between local tribal factions .

"The intelligence accurately forecast the reactions of the ethnic and tribal factions in Iraq," he said.

Hundreds of black miners have been killed in fighting in the last year, mainly as a result of violence among tribal factions.

Rival tribal factions waged vicious street battles Friday for control of the city, reports from Rwanda said.