2015 in Saudi Arabia

2015
in
Saudi Arabia

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See also:Other events of 2015
History of Saudi Arabia

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • January 5 - Two Saudi Arabian border guards are killed near the border with Iraq.[1]
  • January 9 - Saudi Arabia sentences a human rights blogger to ten years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after being found guilty of insulting Islam.[2]
  • January 23 - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies. His half brother Salman of Saudi Arabia succeeds him. His half brother Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud becomes the Crown Prince.[3]

March

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  • March 15 - The US closes its embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia for security concerns.[4]
  • March 25 – 2015 military intervention in Yemen: Saudi Arabia begins carrying out airstrikes in neighbouring Yemen.

April

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  • April 9 - At least 2 policemen shoot dead in Riyadh.[5]

May

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September

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December

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  • December 24 - At least 25 people have been killed and 107 injured in a fire at a hospital in Jizan, Saudi Arabia.[8]

Scheduled

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References

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  1. ^ "News from The Associated Press". 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "In Saudi Arabia: Blogger ro receive 1000 lashes for insulting Islam". 9 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia's 'reformer' King Abdullah dies". 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ^ "US Embassy in Saudi Arabia halts operations amid 'heightened security concerns'". Fox News. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Two Saudi policemen shot dead in Riyadh". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26.
  6. ^ "Shiites die in Saudi suicide blast". 22 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ^ "ISIS claims 2nd Saudi mosque attack". 29 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Saudi Arabia Jazan hospital fire". 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.