The following lists events in the year 2018 in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

: Salman *

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wif ...

Mohammad bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, محمد بن سلمان آل سعود, translit=Muḥammad bin Salmān Āl Su‘ūd; born 31 August 1985), colloquially known by his initials MBS or MbS, is Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. H ...

Events

January

*12 January - Women were allowed to gather at a football game for the first time due to easing of the strict gender separation rules. *24 January - Dozens of camels were disqualified from a beauty pageant near the capital of

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

following reports about injections of botox to make camels more attractive.

March

* 26 March - The Houthis launch a barrage of rockets at Saudi Arabia, killing an

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

ian man and leaving two others wounded in

June

*21 June – According to analyst

OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headquart ...

will keep oil price goes on higher, Ajay Rajadhyaksha and Michael Gavin both said, “lack of consensus on any output increase”, “even if Russia and Saudi Arabia raise output unilaterally, it would leave OPEC’s spare capacity cushion thin by historical standards". *24 June – The Saudi Arabian government lifts the ban on women driving, which is the country's most progressive form of women's rights to date.

Deaths

*23 January –

Mohammed Al-Mfarah Mohammed Al-Mfarah, also known as Abu Mesamah ( ar, محمد المفرح) (May 20, 1945 – January 23, 2018) was a Saudi Arabian Saudis ( ar, سعوديون, Suʿūdiyyūn) are people identified with the country of Saudi Arabia. This connec ...

, actor (b. 1945). *2 October –

Jamal Khashoggi Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; ar, جمال أحمد خاشقجي, Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, ; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for ''Middle East Eye'' and ''The Washington Post'', and a ge ...

, journalist (b. 1958) ( allegedly murdered inside the Saudi embassy in Turkey ) *27 November –

Sultan Al-Bargan Sultan Al-Bargan (Arabic: سلطان البرقان) (15 February 1983 – 27 November 2018) was a Saudi Arabian football player. He died on 27 November 2018 due to complications from a stroke. Al-Bargan appeared for Al-Hilal in the group stag ...

, football player (b. 1983). *22 December –

Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, طلال بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Ṭalāl bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd''; 15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018), formerly also called The Red Prince, was a Saudi Arabian politician, dissident, b ...

, Prince (b. 1931).

References

{{Year in Asia , 2018 2010s in Saudi Arabia Years of the 21st century in Saudi Arabia