Arabian uh RAY bee uhn, Desert, is a desert that covers most of the Arabian Peninsula. It occupies an area of about 1 million square miles (2.6 million square kilometers). Countries that lie entirely in the desert are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. Parts of Jordan, Syria, and Iraq also lie within the desert. The northwestern part of the Arabian Desert is also known as the Syrian Desert.