2018 in Saudi Arabia

The following lists events in the year 2018 in Saudi Arabia.

2018
in
Saudi Arabia

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
  • 2030s
See also:Other events of 2018
History of Saudi Arabia

Incumbents

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.[1]
  • 24 January - Dozens of camels were disqualified from a beauty pageant near the capital of Riyadh following reports about injections of botox to make camels more attractive.[2]

March

  • 26 March - The Houthis launch a barrage of rockets at Saudi Arabia, killing an Egyptian man and leaving two others wounded in Riyadh.[3]

June

  • 21 June According to analyst OPEC 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".[4]
  • 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

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References

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