• Source: 2016 in Saudi Arabia

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




Incumbents


Monarch: Salman
Crown Prince: Muhammad bin Nayef




Events






= 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 on January 2.
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.




= April

=
April 16 - Mariam Fardous became the first ever Arab woman and only the third woman in history to dive in the North Pole.




= 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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Arab Saudi
• Bendera Arab Saudi
• Wangsa Saud
• Saudi Aramco
• Salman dari Arab Saudi
• Abdullah dari Arab Saudi
• Haji
• Faisal dari Arab Saudi
• Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Islam dan Arab
• Muhammad bin Salman Alu Saud
• 2016 Saudi Arabian snowstorm
• Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
• 2016 in Saudi Arabia
• Religion in Saudi Arabia
• Israel–Saudi Arabia relations
• Salman of Saudi Arabia
• Rape in Saudi Arabia
• Economy of Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran–Saudi Arabia relations