Send off abridged article on arid region where one can find camel (4,2,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
ship of the desert
'camel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'send off abridged article on arid region' is the wordplay.
'send' becomes 'ship' (to send overseas).
'abridged' means to remove the last letter.
'article on' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'arid region' becomes 'desert' (I've seen this before).
'off' with its final letter taken off is 'of'.
'ship'+'of'+'the'+'desert'='SHIP OF THE DESERT'
'where one can find' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ship of the desert that I've seen before include "floating across the sand?" , "an apparently marine creature" , "Camel (poetic)" , "form of transport" , "dusty Land Cruiser" .)