“Saudi Arabia’s water transport system is the largest in the world,” said Abdullah Al Abdulkarim, president of the Saudi Water Authority. “No rivers in the world flow from the sea to the ...

For example, Saudi Arabia uses desalination for 70% of its ... In Africa, Djibouti and Libya have no rivers. In Asia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others face challenges in finding freshwater.

Huge swathes of Saudi Arabia including the holy city of Mecca are suffering torrential downpours amid a brutal storm that has transformed streets into rivers ... are by no means a rare phenomenon ...

There are no rivers or lakes or areas of abundant natural ... when the climate in Saudi Arabia was much wetter. Water in this most improbable place gave the nation the hope to achieve its long ...