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The Saudi Arabian Army ((アラビア語:الجيش العربي السعودي)), also called Royal Saudi Land Force ((アラビア語:القوات البرية الملكية السعودية)), is a branch of the Saudi Armed Forces. The total number of active troops is estimated to be 175,000.〔 The Chief of the Saudi General Staff until 2011 was Field Marshal Saleh Al-Muhaya. ==History== 1923 is considered to be the birth year of the Saudi Army, as the modern Saudi Arabia have been Unified and founded as a single state. After the discovery of oil and the meeting between King Abdulaziz and the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 14, 1945, the Americans became the new major ally of Saudi Arabia. Other events that led to an expansion of the Saudi Army were the Arab–Israeli conflict in 1948, the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the subsequent fears of possible Shia's actions and in the last years the first Gulf War in 1990. In the year 2000, Saudi Arabia's government spent billions of dollars to expand the Saudi Forces including the Saudi Army. Wars involving Saudi Army: * The Unification of Saudi Arabia (1902–1933). * 1948 Arab–Israeli War more than 3,000 Saudi Troops participated in combat against Israel. * 1967 RSLF deployed over 20,000 troops in Jordan. * 1969 Al-Wadiah War. South Yemeni Forces invaded Al-Wadiah, a Saudi Town, but later were defeated by the Saudi Army. * 1973 during the Yom Kippur War Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf nations, protested American intervention by raising oil prices and sent over 3,000 Saudi soldiers from the troops stationed in Jordan to fight on the Syrian frontline. * Gulf War (1990–1991) Together with the allied forces, Saudi Armed Forces and SANG took a major part in the Battle of Khafji and the Liberation of Kuwait. * 2007–2010 Houthi Insurgency. Yemeni Houthis attacked southern Saudi Arabia and were defeated later by the Saudi army. * 2015 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen to influence the outcome of the Yemeni Civil War (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saudi Arabian Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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