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The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. The Arabian Peninsula consists of
a central plateau, known as Nejd, with fertile valleys used for the grazing of sheep; a range of deserts, the Nefud in the north, the Rub' Al-Khali
or Great Arabian Desert, in the south, and the Dahna; stretches of dry coastland with coral reefs on the Red Sea side; and ranges of mountains,
primarily paralleling the Red Sea on the western Asir province and southeastern end Oman. The highest peak is Jabal Al-Nabi Sho'aib in Yemen 3,666 m. |
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Hot news:
Saudi's Al Qaeda intelligence coup and the perils of too much disclosure Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's second underwear bomb plot went nowhere thanks to great intelligence work. But this is a case where too much disclosure is a problem.
Al-Qaeda Continues Its War Against Yemen The death of more than 100 soldiers in a suicide attack punctuates the fact that the terrorist franchise in the Arabian Peninsula is the most successful of Osama Bin Laden's offspring
Yemen: Al Qaeda affiliate behind blast The Yemeni government blamed an affiliate of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Tuesday for a massive suicide bombing that killed more than 100 soldiers a day earlier.
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