...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
i border, amid reported US preparations for a new escalation in the region.
Tracking websites published images showing a Boeing E-3G Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft conducting patrols over southern Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...The specialized aircraft is designed for tracking drones and missiles. This marks the first reported deployment of such reconnaissance capabilities near the Saudi-Yemeni border.