Arabian Gulf


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Arabian Gulf

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Noun1.Arabian Gulf - a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsulaArabian Gulf - a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
Bahrain, Bahrain Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island - an island in the Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea - a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
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Dubai: After his youthful team thumped arch-rivals Al Jazira 4-0, in Round Two of the Arabian Gulf Cup late on Saturday, coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena said the future of Shabab Al Ahli Dubai is in safe hands.
Sea: Moderate to rough in the Arabian Gulf and slight to moderate in the Oman Sea.
This conference will give us a window into past generations of Arabian Gulf inhabitants through the structures they created," said Dr.
The ministry delivered the material for the work, including a map of the Arabian Gulf, and the textbooks were printed.
Bahrain's education ministry, the news report said, had commissioned an unnamed "overseas establishment" to print the books for third-grade schoolchildren and provided it with "correct material to include in the book, including the Arabian Gulf map".
The roadshow, alongside Abu Dhabi's recent delegation in the Cruise Arabia pavilion at the Seatrade Europe exhibition in Germany, are part of Abu Dhabi's strategy to promote cruise tourism in the Arabian Gulf region through direct contact with cruise lines and companies, and operators of cruise tours and programmes.
Supplies of residual fuel oil in the Arabian Gulf are set to tighten after the closure of Kuwait's Shuaiba refinery on April 1, forcing the country's utilities to import the fuel from next year until the al-Zour refinery starts running in 2019.
21 (BNA): Latest weather forecasts point out that the Arabian Gulf and Peninsula region will likely be affected by a deep low atmospheric mass in the stratosphere with chances of air turbulences and possibility for rainfall associated with thunder over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's northern and northwestern regions.
To document the frequency and diversity of molluscs and the factors controlling their distribution along the coastline of Tarut Island, Arabian Gulf, 4221 gastropod valves and bivalve shells were collected from 10 stations along the coast.
Global Banking News-September 21, 2015--Citi says positive about Arabian Gulf states
Saif mohammed AL MIDFA, CEO of Expo Centre Sharjah, has been elected as chairman of the Arabian Gulf Chapter of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE), the leading association for the global exhibition industry.
The Strait of Hormuz, leading out of the Arabian Gulf, and the Strait of Malacca, linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans, are the world's most important strategic chokepoints measured by volume of oil transit, accounting for a combined 57% of all seaborne oil trade.

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