Portal:Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. The capital and largest city is Riyadh; the kingdom also hosts Islam's two holiest cities of Mecca and Medina. (Full article...) Selected article -On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War. Efforts by the United Nations to facilitate a power sharing arrangement under a new transitional government collapsed, leading to escalating conflict between government forces, Houthi rebels, and other armed groups, which culminated in Hadi fleeing to Saudi Arabia shortly before it began military operations in the country. The first month of the intervention, codenamedHouthi militants and loyalists of Hadi's predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Owing to Iran's support of these factions, the conflict is widely regarded as part of the broader Saudi-Iran proxy conflict. (Full article... )Did you know (auto-generated)
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Nasseef House is a historical structure in Al-Balad, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians. -
Sunset view from Farasan Island, the largest island of the Farasan Islands, in the Red Sea. It is located some 50 km offshore from Jizan, the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia. -
![Image 3A view of Jabal Sawda, a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).[1]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Al_Sawda_peak.jpg/120px-Al_Sawda_peak.jpg)
A view ofJabal Sawda, a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).[1]
![Image 3A view of Jabal Sawda, a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).[1]](/File:Al_Sawda_peak.jpg)
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- ...that the Arab Socialist Action Party, the main secular opposition group in Saudi Arabiaat the time, faced a massive crackdown in the spring of 1982?
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King Abdullah practicing falconry, a traditional pursuit in Saudi Arabia (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Residential homes in Yanbu (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789–1848) (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Supplicating pilgrim atMasjid Al Haram, Mecca (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Saudi woman wearing a niqāb in Riyadh. Many women commonly wear a niqab or a burqa in Saudi Arabia. (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Bisht Being Sewn in Al-Ahsa (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Wall painted with Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Faisal (left) and Nasser in Cairo, 1969 (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
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Pakistani workers at Al Masjid Nabawi (the Prophet's Mosque) in Medina (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
A Saudi woman riding a horse at Souk Okaz, a yearly cultural festival in the outskirts of Taif (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Sections of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries formed a part of the Roman Empire. (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Wedding in Saudi Arabia (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
The Rashidun Caliphate reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, c. 654 (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Abdulaziz (left) and Roosevelt aboard USS Quincy during their historic 1945 meeting (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Abdulaziz Al Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, carrying the Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Red and white keffiyeh commonly worn in the desert held with a black agal (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Abdulaziz (left) and Farouk checking an Egyptian Army unit in 1946. Other people picture include princes Fahd, Abdullah, and Mishaal, as well as prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim. (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Dammam No. 7, the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Saudi males dressed and prepared for ardah, the national dance. It also includes swords, poetry, and singing. (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
The tribes of Arabia at the time of the spread of Islam (expandable map) (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
The surviving insurgents of theseizure of the Grand Mosque, 1979 under custody of Saudi authorities, c. 1980. (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
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A family fishing in Jeddah (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
The first Saudi State 1727–1818 (from History of Saudi Arabia) -
Riyadh Front in 2023 (from Culture of Saudi Arabia) -
Saudi football fans cheering for their national football team at the FIFA World Cup (from Culture of Saudi Arabia)
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Sources
- ^ Sawe, Benjamin (2017-04-25), Tallest Mountains In Saudi Arabia, Worldatlas.com, retrieved 2019-01-14
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