The desert city of Riyadh is where the village of Eskan is located. During the military war known as the “Desert Storm” in 1990, the United States coalition forces was looking for a site that can be used as a temporary base for its soldiers during the first days of “Operation Desert Shield”. Fortunately, the government of Saudi Arabia offered the village of Eskan as the perfect site for the coalition forces to set up camp. The housing area known only as “Eskan Village” was located some 20 kilometers south of the Riyadh Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Built during the year 1983, the housing complex composed of 44 high rise towers and 841 villas or housing units that was originally intended to house the various Bedouin tribes who live in the desert. Unfortunately, the tribes never decided to occupy Eskan and chose to maintain their lifestyle of living in the desert, leaving the housing complex unoccupied and free to be used by the United States Military coalition forces as permitted by the Saudi Arabian government.
