Eastern Province
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In Saudi Arabia, facilities in Riyadh, the Eastern Province and the industrial city of Yanbu were all targeted.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
They included strikes on a Saudi refinery in the sensitive Yanbu oil hub on the Red Sea and oil fields in the kingdom’s Eastern Province, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The United Arab Emirates said air defense systems responded to similar attacks, and Saudi Arabia said it destroyed Iranian drones targeting its oil-rich Eastern Province.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
The cleric had emerged as a leading figure in protests in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, a Shiite-majority region in the Sunni-majority nation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
“Why, in the Eastern Province alone we could raise enough to finish the war in a couple of months, if they’re only put to it and not kept fooling about doing nothing.”
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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