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Saudi Arabia - Foreign Affairs, GCC, Oil: Since the frontier between Saudi Arabia and Oman had never been demarcated and there was the possibility of discovering oil in the area, in 1952 Saudi Arabian forces occupied the oasis of Al-Buraymī, which Brita
Other articles where history of Saudi Arabia is discussed: Saudi Arabia: History: This discussion focuses on Saudi Arabia since the 18th century. For a treatment of earlier periods and of the country in its regional context, see Arabia.
The article informs that on March 11, 2011, police flooded the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to deter planned protests by about 30,000 people of a Facebook group called the "Day of Rage." It has been stated that the massive police presence and security shutdown prevented civil unrest,...
- Saudi troops help put down Bahraini Shi’ite unrest at the request of Bahrain’s Sunni royal family. - Saudi Arabia accuses some Shi’ites in its Eastern Province of cooperating with a foreign state - meaning Iran - to sow dissent, after clashes between police and Shi’ites. ...
The nuclear talks have stalled with the focus shifting to the Russia-Ukraine war as well as domestic unrest in Iran. Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Sunday that Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors would act to shore up their security if Tehran were to obtain nuclear weapons. ...
Spare capacity in the oil market is very highly concentrated, with well over three-quarters of it under political control of Saudi Arabia. No other country has the ability to plug in a supply shortfall that appears inevitable with unrest in Libya seeing no end in sight. ...
Saudi Arabia - Culture, Traditions, Customs: Saudi Arabia’s population has traditionally been composed of nomads, villagers, and townspeople. Pervading this triad, however, is the patrilineal kinship principle, and superimposed on all is the administrat
Yemeni Civil War, devastating conflict in Yemen that began in 2014 when the capital, Sanaa, already destabilized by the Arab Spring uprising that began in 2011, was overtaken by Houthi rebel forces. At the war’s height, exacerbated by the intervention of forces from Saudi Arabia and the ...
Al-Nimr's death was a dramatic step because Saudi Arabia has rarely resorted to the death penalty in dealing with unrest among its Shiite minority, which has long complained of discrimination in the Sunni-led kingdom. A vocal opponent of the Saudi royal family, al-Nimr was seen ...