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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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