Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia

September 2023

Saudi Arabia

August 2022

Casualties

In August 2022, there was one recorded incident of explosive weapon use in Saudi Arabia, which resulted in one civilian injury. Civilians account for 20% of all five casualties, as one armed actor was also killed and three injured.  

On 10 August 2022, one civilian and four police officers were injured when a suspected Islanuc State member detonated his suicide vest in Jeddah, Mecca, as security forces surrounded his residence.

Source: MME, Arab News

Saudi Arabia

February 2022

Casualties

In February 2022, there was one incident of explosive weapon use recorded in Saudi Arabia, resulting in 12 civilian casualties, all of whom were injured. There were no recorded armed-actor casualties. 

On 10 February, 12 civilians were injured by shrapnel from a drone that was intercepted near an airport in the Asir region.

Sources: Al Jazeera, Yeni Safak

Saudi Arabia

January 2022

Casualties

In January 2022, there were two incidents of explosive weapon use recorded in Saudi Arabia, resulting in three civilian casualties, all of whom were injured. All three civilian casualties were men. There were no recorded armed-actor casualties. On 24 January 2022, two civilian men were injured by a Houthi missile in an industrial area of Ahad al-Masariha, Jazan. 

Sources: Crisis24, Anadolu Agency, Khaleej Times

Saudi Arabia

December 2021

Casualties

In December 2021, there was one incident of explosive weapon use recorded in Saudi Arabia, which resulted in nine civilian casualties. On 24 December 2021, a Houthi missile strike hit a commercial store on a main street, killing two civilians and wounding seven others in the city of Jazan. The strike also reportedly damaged twelve cars and two shops.

Sources: Reuters, AFP

Saudi Arabia

November 2021

Casualties

In November 2021, there were no recorded civilian casualties of explosive weapon use in Saudi Arabia. There was one recorded casualty-causing incident on 10 November 2021, when one armed actor, a Saudi military commander, was killed and an unspecified number of soldiers injured by a Houthi missile strike on an armed base in Dhahran al-Janub, Asir. 

Sources: Sputnik, Republic World

Saudi Arabia

September 2021

Casualties

There was one incident of explosive weapon use in Saudi Arabia in September 2021, resulting in the injury of two civilians, both children. On 4 September, two children were injured by the fallen debris of six Houthi missiles that were shot down by Saudi armed forces above an urban residential area of Dammam. 

Sources: The News International, MENA FN

Saudi Arabia

June 2021

Education

In June 2021, in Aseer province, a drone launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen crashed into a school, damaging the roof of the building. Sources: Asharq Al-Awsat, The New Arab.