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The Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية) is the largest country
on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the
north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on
the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian
Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It is called "the land of
the two holy mosques", a reference to Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest
places. In English, it is most commonly referred to as Saudi Arabia
(pronounced /ˈsɒdɪ/ or /ˈsaudɪ əˈɹeɪ̯bɪə/), often as just Saudi by many
English-speaking expatriates in the kingdom, or, less commonly (as in
international football events or in its national press) as KSA. Arabia is
sometimes also used to refer to the nation, but the term can also refer to
the entire Peninsula and its varied nations, and sometimes the entire Arab
World, and is thus ambiguous.. |
Arab News
Government-controlled leading Saudi Arabian newspaper.
MEMRI: Saudi Arabia
Site of the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute providing
translations of Arabic media reports.
Riyadh Daily
Government affiliated English language newspaper covering events in the
Islamic world.
Saudi Arabia Information Resource
Official country information and press releases from the Ministry of
Information.
Saudi Gazette
English language daily newspaper.
Saudia Online
Saudi Arabia business news and information portal.
Saudi Press Agency
State news service. |
