Saudi Arabia Wikipedia

The visit was an indication of saudi arabia s support of the initiatives of anwar sadat concerning peace settlement between the arabs and israel.

Saudi arabia wikipedia. Saudi arabia officially known as the kingdom of saudi arabia is a country located in western asia constituting the bulk of the arabian peninsula. The airline s main operational base is at king abdulaziz international airport in jeddah. السعودية as suʿūdiyyah also known as saudi arabian airlines الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية is the national carrier airline of saudi arabia based in jeddah. From the mid 20th century the discovery of vast oil deposits propelled it into a key economic and geo political role.

The history of saudi arabia in its current form as a state began with its foundation in 1744 although the history of the region extends as far as 20 000 years ago. The covid 19 pandemic in saudi arabia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sars cov 2 on 2 march 2020 the ministry of health confirmed the first case in saudi arabia. At other times the region existed in relative obscurity a. The region has had a global impact twice in world history.

With a land area of approximately 2 150 000 km 2 830 000 sq mi saudi arabia is geographically the 5th largest state in asia and 2nd largest state in the arab world after algeria. By 8 april as many as 150 members of the saudi royal family had tested positive including the king s nephew faisal bin bandar al. King khalid visited damascus in december 1975 and met with then syrian president hafez al assad to discuss the ways to support muslims in lebanon that began to experience civil war.