Risk events in Saudi Arabia, August 2026
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758 events were recorded: 726 conflict events and 32 unrest events.
758 eventsSources: gdelt
758 events· Saudi Arabia
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 726
- 46 in the list
- Unrest
- 32
- 4 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
758 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Mecca · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yanbu' Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Yanbu' Al Bahr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 2 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Strike in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Ad Dammam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 2 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 2 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yanbu' Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Yanbu' Al Bahr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Muharraq, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Muharraq · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 2 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Mubarraz · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Yanbu' Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Yanbu' Al Bahr · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Riyadh · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ad Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Ad Dammam · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Mubarraz · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi), Saudi Arabia
Severity 3 · Al Duwadimi (Ad Dawadmi) · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.