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2016 in Saudi Arabia

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Other events of 2016 History of Saudi Arabia

The following lists events that happened in 2016 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Salman

    • January

  • January 2 - 47 alleged terrorists are executed by the Saudi state, including leader of the anti-government Shia movement, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
  • January 2 - The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Tehran, Iran, is ransacked and set on fire by protesters against al-Nimr's execution.
  • January 3 - Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran after the events that happened yesterday.
  • January 4 - Saudi Arabia announces it will end all air traffic and trade links with Iran, demanding Iran to "act like a normal country" before severed diplomatic relations can be restored.
  • January 5 - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant threatens to destroy Saudi Arabia's Tarfiya and al-Ha'ir prisons, holding ISIL prisoners.
  • January 12 - Saudi human rights activist Samar Badawi is arrested by Saudi police.

    • October

  • October 25 - Shooting left 2 security forces dead in Dammam city.

    • Notable deaths

  • 2 January – Nimr al-Nimr, Shia religious leader (born 1959).
  • 2 January – Faris al-Zahrani, (born 1977).

    • References

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