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Government of Saudi Arabia

In the record: 2 statements, 1 checkable claim, the acting party in 16 events, the target in 54 events. Its forces and agencies have pages of their own.

Kind: Government
Country: Saudi Arabia
Includes: Saudi Aramco
Reference: Wikidata Q851

Track record

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Claims it made (1)

OpenSaid 9 Mar 2026

Saudi territory has not been used to launch attacks on Iran.

What it said (2)

Said: 2 statements, not counted as events

Said

03/19Government of Saudi Arabia: Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Iran's attacks appeared premeditated and aimed to blackmail Arab and Islamic countries, that Gulf patience was not unlimited, and Riyadh said the little trust that remained in Iran had been completely shattered.

Mixed audience · ar

Said

03/09Government of Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemned Iran's attacks on the kingdom and other Gulf states, warned that Iran would face the heaviest diplomatic, economic and strategic consequences and be the biggest loser if they continued, rejected Iran's claim that Saudi territory was used for attacks on Iran, and called President Pezeshkian's assurances hollow.

Mixed audience · ar

Events where it acted (16)

Reported

10/26 Saudi defence minister, Pakistan's army chief and Turkey's intelligence chief meet Pezeshkian in Tehran to defuse tensions

Tehran · 1 source

Reported

10/05 Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy forces to Saudi Arabia under the Makkah defence pact as Houthi attacks continue

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

10/02 Saudi Arabia is planning an offensive against the Houthis to secure the Red Sea route, officials tell Reuters

Yemen · 1 source

Reported

09/28 Yemeni government forces claim 356 operations and 476 Houthi fighters killed or wounded in 24 hours; Houthis report 38 Saudi strikes

Yemen · 2 sources

Reported

09/27 Strike on a market in Taiz province kills 7 and injures 40, including children, Houthi-run health ministry says

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/22 Yemen fighting kills more than 150 in two days across Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada, tallies from both sides show

Taiz Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/18 Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched 26 strikes on areas they hold in 24 hours and about 300 in a week

Yemen · 1 source

Reported

09/17 Houthi media say Saudi strikes hit telecom towers in Taiz and that government strikes killed three children

Taiz Governorate · 2 sources

Reported

09/13 Houthi media report two Saudi strikes on Saada and artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih

Saada Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/09 Houthis report dozens of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen; Pakistan relays a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in the Houthis

Marib Governorate · 2 sources

Reported

09/08 Houthi health authorities say Saudi strikes in northern Yemen killed or wounded 14, including at a prison holding 35 inmates

Al Jawf Governorate · 1 source

Reported

09/07 Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of airstrikes in four provinces and claim to down a Saudi reconnaissance aircraft over Jawf

Al Jawf Governorate · 2 sources

Confirmed

08/07 Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a joint defence agreement in Makkah

Mecca · 2 sources

Reported

07/30 Saudi Arabia and 13 other states announce a maritime defence alliance for the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Confirmed

07/29 US and Saudi strikes on Iran-aligned groups across seven Iraqi provinces kill at least 20, the PMF says

Iraq · 5 sources

Reported

07/24 Saudi-led coalition strikes the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah

Hodeidah · 3 sources

Events where it was the target (54)

Reported

10/25 Saudi Arabia intercepts a barrage of missiles and drones, with debris falling in Mecca province; two injured in the south

Mecca Province · 3 sources

Reported

10/21 Debris from a drone intercepted near Aramco's Shaybah field kills a Filipino and a Nepali worker

Shaybah oilfield · 2 sources

Reported

10/21 Attack on Dammam's King Fahd airport kills two, a Saudi and an Indian resident, and injures eight

King Fahd International Airport · 2 sources

Reported

10/18 Saudi National Guard helicopter crashes near Najran killing both officers; coalition blames a malfunction, the Houthis claim a shootdown

Najran · 2 sources

Reported

10/16 Two missiles land near the runway at Aden airport, 500 metres from a departing plane; the Houthis say they hit a Saudi command base

Aden · 1 source

Reported

10/14 Coalition says it destroyed a Houthi ballistic missile fired at Riyadh; civil defence issues alerts for Riyadh and Al-Kharj

Riyadh · 2 sources

Reported

10/13 Missile strike sets fire to an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran with no casualties; debris injures four in Riyadh

Dhahran · 3 sources

Reported

10/12 Coalition says it intercepted a Houthi missile fired at Riyadh and two at Khamis Mushait as Riyadh is targeted for a third day

Riyadh · 1 source

Reported

10/11 Projectile hits domestic terminals at Riyadh airport, killing a Pakistani resident and injuring 11; Dammam airport also attacked

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/11 Iran's foreign minister urges Saudi Arabia to seek a political solution with the Houthis in a call with Prince Faisal

Tehran · 1 source

Reported

10/10 Strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kills at least 12 and wounds 309, Saudi aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/08 Missile attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid airport kill three Saudis including a Saudia pilot, aviation authority says

King Khalid International Airport · 3 sources

Reported

10/07 Attacks on Abha and Riyadh airports kill three foreign residents and injure 36, Saudi aviation authority says

Abha · 1 source

Reported

10/05 Attacks on Jazan and Najran airports injure three, Saudi aviation authority says; the Houthis say they hit sites in southern Saudi Arabia

Jazan · 1 source

Disputed

10/03 Flames seen at an Aramco facility south of Riyadh after the Houthis claim a missile and drone attack; coalition calls the claims misleading

Riyadh · 3 sources

Reported

10/01 Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi drones and missiles over southern Saudi Arabia and blames Houthis for a Medina power hit

Khamis Mushait · 2 sources

Reported

09/26 Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted two Houthi drones launched at Riyadh; alerts sounded in Khamis Mushait and Abha

Riyadh · 1 source

Confirmed

09/24 Saudi-led coalition says it shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Taif and Yanbu

Yanbu · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/22 Saudi Arabia restarts the drone-damaged East-West pipeline at a low rate, sources tell Reuters

Yanbu · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/19 Explosions heard in Riyadh in the first air raid alert for the capital; coalition says a Houthi ballistic missile was intercepted

Riyadh · 4 sources

Reported

09/17 One killed and two injured as a drone is intercepted over Taif, Saudi state TV says

Taif · 1 source

Reported

09/16 Houthis claim attacks on a Khamis Mushait air base and Aramco sites at Yanbu, and say they downed a Saudi F-15

Yanbu · 3 sources

Reported

09/16 Two pumping stations on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline were damaged in last week's attack, sources tell Reuters

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Disputed

09/16 Saudi-led coalition says it downed a Houthi drone heading for Mecca; the Houthis deny launching it

Mecca · 3 sources

Reported

09/15 Houthis claim a large attack on King Khalid Air Base; Saudi-led coalition vows a firm response; eight Yemeni soldiers killed

Khamis Mushait · 1 source

Reported

09/14 Houthi attacks on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif injure 13 civilians, the Saudi-led coalition says; alerts sound in six cities

Asir Province · 2 sources

Reported

09/12 Houthi projectile wounds two and damages a mosque in Jazan; Houthis say they struck a Saudi base at Sharurah

Jazan Province · 2 sources

Confirmed

09/10 Drones from Iraq strike Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions; Riyadh shuts the line as a precaution

Riyadh Province · 7 sources

Reported

09/08 Houthi missile and drone attacks on southern Saudi cities wound 73 and set energy facilities on fire, halting some operations

Jazan Province · 3 sources

Confirmed

08/31 Saudi crude tanker Sidr struck by projectiles off Khasab while leaving the Gulf; operator Bahri says two Filipino seafarers killed

Strait of Hormuz · 6 sources

Reported

08/31 Iranian media say a Saudi oil tanker was stopped in the southern corridor of the Strait of Hormuz; no Saudi confirmation

Strait of Hormuz · 1 source

Confirmed

08/24 Saudi supertanker Amzan hit by a projectile 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu; Houthis claim the attack

Red Sea · 3 sources

Reported

08/20 Houthis say they attacked Najran airport and an Aramco facility in southern Saudi Arabia with drones

Najran · 1 source

Confirmed

08/18 Houthis say they sent drones at the Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia's Jazan; no Saudi confirmation

Jazan · 2 sources

Reported

08/05 Houthis claim missile strikes on two Saudi tankers; UKMTO reports a blast near a tanker in the Gulf of Aden

Gulf of Aden · 3 sources

Reported

08/04 Houthis claim an attack on Saudi Arabia's Najran airport

Najran · 1 source

Confirmed

07/29 Iraq calls the US-Saudi strikes a flagrant violation of sovereignty; prime minister cancels Riyadh visit

Baghdad · 2 sources

Reported

07/28 Houthis say they fired ballistic missiles at the Saudi tanker NCC Ghazal; UKMTO reports an explosion near a tanker, crew safe

Red Sea · 2 sources

Disputed

07/27 Saudi Arabia intercepts drones aimed at Eastern Province oil sites and Riyadh, blaming Iran-backed groups in Iraq

Eastern Province · 3 sources

Confirmed

07/25 Houthis fire missiles and drones at Aramco facilities in Jizan and Yanbu; sirens sound in both Saudi provinces

Jizan · 4 sources

Confirmed

07/22 Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi-linked tankers in the Red Sea; Saudi Arabia confirms one was set ablaze

Red Sea · 4 sources

Confirmed

07/20 Yemen's Houthis declare a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia "effective immediately"

Sanaa · 2 sources

Confirmed

07/13 Yemeni government bombs Sanaa airport runway to stop an Iranian plane; Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia

Sanaa · 4 sources

Reported

07/03 Houthis say they turned back Saudi jets to let an Iranian civilian plane land in Sanaa, and threaten Saudi airports

Sanaa · 2 sources

Reported

05/18 Saudi Arabia intercepts three drones that entered from Iraqi airspace; UAE says it dealt with two more drones

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Reported

04/12 Saudi Arabia says East-West pipeline is back at full capacity of about 7 million barrels a day after attacks

Saudi Arabia · 1 source

Reported

04/10 TotalEnergies shuts SATORP refinery on Saudi Arabia's east coast after war damage

Jubail · 2 sources

Reported

04/09 Drones hit a Kuwait National Guard site and other facilities; Kuwait blames Iran, the IRGC denies it

Kuwait · 2 sources

Reported

04/08 UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia report Iranian missile and drone attacks after the truce

Kuwait · 1 source

Reported

04/07 Overnight attack sets fire at SABIC petrochemical plants in Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Jubail · 1 source

Reported

04/01 UAE intercepts 5 ballistic missiles and 35 drones; tanker hit by two projectiles north of Ras Laffan

United Arab Emirates · 1 source

Reported

03/21 Saudi Arabia says it shot down at least 47 drones over its Eastern Province, 38 within three hours

Eastern Province · 1 source

Reported

03/04 Projectile reported to hit Ras Tanura refinery again

Ras Tanura · 1 source

Confirmed

03/02 Saudi Arabia shuts Ras Tanura refinery after fire

Ras Tanura · 3 sources