Saudi Arabia–Yemen border area

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desert frontier international border region

The Saudi Arabia–Yemen border area is a sparsely populated, often militarized desert frontier marked by tribal communities, cross-border trade, and periodic security tensions between the two countries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yemen–Saudi Arabia border 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert frontier ⓘ
international border region ⓘ
borderControlMeasures border fence ⓘ
military checkpoints ⓘ
surveillance systems ⓘ
borderDefinedByTreaty Jeddah Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Taif NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderLengthApproxKm 1300 ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
countryBorderBetween Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity fuel trade ⓘ
livestock trade ⓘ
experienced airstrikes ⓘ
cross-border shelling ⓘ
missile attacks ⓘ
hasActivity cross-border trade ⓘ
smuggling ⓘ
hasCharacteristic often militarized ⓘ
security sensitive ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasConflict Saudi-led intervention in Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroups Arab tribes ⓘ
hasIssue arms smuggling ⓘ
border demarcation disputes ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ
illegal migration ⓘ
tribal cross-border movement ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresenceFrom Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligiousGroup Sunni Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaydi Shia Muslims NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSection Al Jawf Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asir region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hajjah Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jizan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Najran region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rub al Khali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saada Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTerrain desert ⓘ
inhabitedBy tribal communities ⓘ
JeddahTreatySignedIn 2000 ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Saudi–Yemeni border NERFINISHED ⓘ
TreatyOfTaifSignedIn 1934 ⓘ
usedBy Houthi movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saudi armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Razih region → locatedNear → Saudi Arabia–Yemen border area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yemen–Saudi Arabia border
Sharurah → partOf → Saudi Arabia–Yemen border area ⓘ