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King Salman receives the first dose of Pfizer's vaccine in Neom.
2021-01-8

King Salman of Saudi Arabia calls for a "comprehensive and firm" response to Iran's nuclear program and condemns what he describes as "its expansionist activities, create its terrorist networks, and use terrorism", adding that it produces nothing but "chaos, extremism, and sectarianism". An Iranian official rebuffs the accusations as "baseless".
2020-09-23

King Salman of Saudi Arabia, 84, is admitted to a hospital due to an inflammation of the gall bladder. The hospitalization prompts Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to cancel his scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia.
2020-07-20

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia King Salman to express concerns about the disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2018-10-16

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and United States President Donald Trump hold a telephone conversation discussing the incidents.
2018-04-2

Saudi King Salman replaces top army commanders and reshuffles key security and government ministries.
2018-02-27

King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announces, during his trip to Cairo, that a bridge crossing the Red Sea will be built, linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the bridge will be named after the Saudi monarch. A Saudi–Egypt Causeway project has been in the works for years.
2016-04-8

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies at the age of 90. His half brother Salman of Saudi Arabia succeeds him. His half brother Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud becomes the Crown Prince.
2015-01-23

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Directorate, is appointed second deputy Prime Minister, making him second in line to the Saudi throne.
2013-02-1

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia addresses the nation in the context of regional unrest.
2011-03-18