| Select News Services Albania Austria Baltic States Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria C.I.S. Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Yugoslavia Select Country Portals Albania Austria Baltic States Belarus Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom Yugoslavia Select Country Information Afghanistan Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Belarus Belgium Bosnia Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Holy See (Vatican City) Hungary Iceland India Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Oman Pakistan Palestinian Territories Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia San Marino Saudi Arabia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uzbekistan Yemen Yugoslavia Saudi Arabia Introduction In 1902 Abdul al-Aziz Ibn SAUD captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian peninsula. In the 1930s, the discovery of oil transformed the country. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. A burgeoning population, aquifer depletion, and an economy largely dependent on petroleum output and prices are all major governmental concerns. | |
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