Saudi Arabia Timeline

By TSG
  • Ottomans

    Ottomans

    Took control of Hasa

  • Exile

    AL Saud Family exiled to Kuwait by Rashidi Family.

  • New Power

    King Abd-al-Aziz dies and Crown Prince Saud is now King. Brother, Faisal is named prince.

  • OIC

    The Organization of the Islamic Conference was founded.
  • Oil

    Oil

    Saudi Arabia gained control of Aramco and lessened the US control of oil.

  • Control

    Saudi Arabia now has full control of Aramco from the US.
  • Air Attacks

    Air Attacks

    Saudi Arabia is involved in air attacks on Iraq and in the land force that liberated Kuwait.
  • Osama Bin Laden

    Osama Bin Laden

    Osama Bin Laden is stripped of Saudi nationality.
  • 9/11

    9/11

    15/19 hijackers involved in attacks on New York and Washington (9/11) are Saudi nationals.

  • Al-Qaeda

    Saudi Arabia says government arrested 44 suspected militants with suspected links to al-Qaeda.