Tribal dispute over grazing rights ends in Salalah

The dispute over camel grazing escalated to knife fights that went viral on social media

Agovernment-linked reconciliation committee in Salalah successfully managed to end a fouryear dispute between two tribes in Salalah.

The two tribes were identified as Amer Jidad Al Mahri and Al Awayid.

The reconciliation committee was presided over by Ahmad Al Khatiaib, a judge at the Supreme Court, in the presence of a number of shaikhs of both tribes on November 26.

The committee heard the two parties’ views and reached a satisfactory solution for both tribes.

Ahmad Al Hadri, a Shura Council member representing Salalah province, told Gulf

News that the two tribes had clashed for the past four years due to disputes relating to grazing areas for their camels.

Al Hadri added that one of the tribes refused to allow the other to graze its camels in areas near its village, which led to clashes between them.

Al Hadri expressed his delight over the reconciliation, and praised Allah.

In 2014, the two tribes engaged in armed clashes resulting in injuries. The security authorities intervened and dispersed them.

Pictures of the clashes went viral on social media platforms.

Only major shaikhs are approved by both parties to intervene and settle disputes in Dhofar, said Al Hadri.

There are 19 reconciliation committees nationwide, which have succeeded in resolving more than 123,000 disputes between 2009 and 2014, local media reported.