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The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces ( SAAF) ( Arabic: القُوَّات المُسَلَّحَة السُّعُودِيَّة, romanized : Al-Quwwat al-Musallahah al-Malakiyah as-Su’ūdiyah ), also known as the Royal Saudi Armed Forces, is part of the military forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It consists of the Royal Saudi Army, the Royal ...
Energy in Saudi Arabia involves petroleum and natural gas production, consumption, and exports, and electricity production. Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil producer and exporter. Saudi Arabia's economy is petroleum-based; oil accounts for 90% of the country's exports and nearly 75% of government revenue. [1]
When U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented a Douglas DC-3 as a gift to King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1945, the event marked the kingdom's gradual development of civil aviation. The nation's flag carrier, Saudia, was founded as Saudi Arabian Airlines in September 1945 [7] as a fully owned government agency under the control of the ...
The Saudi Arabian Army, officially the Royal Saudi Land Forces ( Arabic: القُوَّاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ المَلَكِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, romanized : Al-Quwwat al-Bariyah al-Malakiyah as-Su'udiyah ), is the principle land warfare branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Saudi Ministry of ...
Faisal bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh on 14 April 1906. [6] [7] He was the third son of Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman, then Emir of Nejd; Faisal was the first of his father's sons who was born in Riyadh. [8] [9] His mother was Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh, [10] whom Abdulaziz had married in 1902 after capturing Riyadh.
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126,700 [2] King Abdulaziz International Airport [a] ( IATA: JED, ICAO: OEJN, colloquially referred to as Jeddah Airport, Jeddah International Airport, or KAIA ), is a major international airport serving the cities of Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jeddah and covering an area of 105 square kilometres ...
