Editing Separation barrier (section)

===Saudi Arabia===
{{Main|Saudi-Yemen barrier}}
In 2004 [[Saudi Arabia]] began construction of a [[Saudi-Yemen barrier]] between its territory and [[Yemen]] to prevent the unauthorized movement of people and goods into and out of the Kingdom. Some have labeled it a "separation barrier".<ref>Anthony H. Cordesman, ''Saudi Arabia: National Security in a Troubled Region'',
[https://books.google.com/books?id=1OpmRrNzFHgC&dq=Saudi%E2%80%93Yemen+separation+barrier&pg=PA276 p. 276].</ref> In February 2004 ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that Yemeni opposition newspapers likened the barrier to the Israeli West Bank barrier,<ref name = Gdn1>{{cite news
| url= https://www.theguardian.com/yemen/Story/0,,1149722,00.html
| title= Saudi security barrier stirs anger in Yemen
| access-date = 2007-03-23
| last= Whitaker
| first= Brian
| work=The Guardian
| date= February 17, 2004
| location=London
}}</ref> while ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote "Saudi Arabia, one of the most vocal critics in the Arab world of Israel's 'security fence' in the West Bank, is quietly emulating the Israeli example by erecting a barrier along its porous border with Yemen".<ref>{{cite news
| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-enrages-yemen-with-fence-569574.html
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110409211735/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-enrages-yemen-with-fence-569574.html
| url-status= dead
| archive-date= April 9, 2011
| title= Saudi Arabia enrages Yemen with fence
| access-date = 2007-03-23
| last=Bradley
| first=John
| work=[[The Independent]]
| date=February 11, 2004
| location=London
}}</ref> Saudi officials rejected the comparison saying it was built to prevent infiltration and smuggling.<ref name = Gdn1/>

Saudi Arabia has also built a wall on the Saudi Iraqi border.