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The Saudi Arabia Portal – بوابة المملكة العربية السعوديةSaudi Arabia, officially theKingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and also known simply as theSaudi, is a country inWest Asia. Located in the centre of theMiddle East, it covers the bulk of theArabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it thefifth-largest country inAsia, the largest in the Middle East, and thetwelfth-largest in the world. It is bordered by theRed Sea to the west;Jordan,Iraq, andKuwait to the north; thePersian Gulf,Bahrain,Qatar and theUnited Arab Emirates to the east;Oman to the southeast; andYemen tothe south. TheGulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia fromEgypt andIsrael. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both theRed Sea and theArabian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. The capital and largest city isRiyadh; other major cities includeJeddah and the two holiest cities inIslam,Mecca andMedina. With a population of almost 32.2 million, Saudi Arabia is the fourth most populous country in theArab world. (Full article...) Selected article -show anotherTheRoyal Saudi Air Force (RSAF;Arabic:القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية,romanized: al-Qūwāt al-Jawwīyah al-Malakīyah al-Saʻūdīyah) is theair warfare branch of theSaudi Arabian Armed Forces, formed in 1916 duringWorld War I. The Royal Saudi Air Force currently haswings,squadrons, and aspecial forces unit dedicated tocombat search and rescue. It has developed from a largely defensive military force into one with an advanced offensive capability, beginning in the 1990s with the acquisition oflaser-guided bombs andunguided bombs. (Full article...) Did you know(auto-generated)News
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