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The Shia Islamist Houthis fire missiles at an ARAMCO facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2022-03-20

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announces that a majority of Saudis want a return to moderate Islam. 70% of the kingdom is made up of residents under the age of 30 who welcome the idea of new reforms.
2017-10-25

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a police building in Yemen's capital, Sana'a, kills at least 26 people and injures 15 others.
2016-01-18

Two Sunni mosques are bombed in central Iraq and a muezzin is killed amid fears of renewals of sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.
2016-01-4

Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran after Sheikh Nimr's execution and an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
2016-01-3

Iranian protesters ransack and set fire to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran, in response to the Saudi execution of Nimr al-Nimr.
2016-01-2

A gunman shoots dead two Saudi Arabian policemen while they are on patrol in their vehicle in Saihat, located in Saudi Arabia's restive Eastern Province, which is predominantly Shia.
2015-11-19

Two men are killed after protests in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia, following the arrest of a Shi'ite cleric, Nimr al Nimr yesterday.
2012-07-9

The Saudi Foreign Minister, Saud al-Faisal, says dialogue is the best way to bring about reform, rather than protest.
2011-03-9

Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was ousted in January.
2011-02-21