2017–2020 Qatif unrest

Phase of conflict in the Qatif region of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

2017–2020 Qatif unrest

Part of the Qatif conflict
| Date| 12 May 2017[1][2] – 7 January 2020[3]
(2 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)

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Location|

Qatif and Awamiya, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Status|  Unrest ended[3]
Belligerents
Saudi Arabia|  Hezbollah Al-Hejaz (Suspected)
Other Shia Militias
Supported by:
Saraya al-Mukhtar
Other Bahraini Militias
Units involved

Saudi Arabian National Guard
Presidency of State Security

* Saudi Emergency Force

Local police units|  Shia Militias
Casualties and losses
21 killed (Saudi claim)
40+ wounded|  5 killed (activists' claim)
16 killed (Saudi claim)
40+ wounded
12–25 civilians killed (activists' claim)[4]
Thousands of civilians displaced[5]

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Qatif conflict

* 1979 Qatif Uprising
* 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
* 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* Nimr al-Nimr
* 2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* 2017–2020 Qatif unrest
* 2022 Saudi Arabia mass execution

The 2017–2020 Qatif unrest was a phase of conflict in the Qatif region of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, between Saudi security forces and the local Shia community,[6] that arose sporadically starting in 1979,[7] including a series of protests and repression during the 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests.[8]

This phase of the conflict began after an incident on 12 May 2017, when a child and a Pakistani man were shot and killed.[9] The detention of Qatif human rights activist Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband and the possible beheading of al-Ghomgham as the first Saudi woman to be executed for her human rights activities gained international attention during 2018.[10][11][12] On 31 January 2019, the Saudi authorities confirmed in a public statement that they would not seek the imposition of the death penalty against al-Ghomgham.[13][14][15]

## Background[edit]

Main articles: Qatif conflict and 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution

On 15 October 2014, Nimr al-Nimr was sentenced to death by the Specialised Criminal Court for "seeking 'foreign meddling' in Saudi Arabia, 'disobeying' its rulers and taking up arms against the security forces".[16] Said Boumedouha of Amnesty International stated that the death sentence was part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the rights of the Kingdom's Shi'a Muslim community.[17] Nimr al-Nimr's brother, Mohammad al-Nimr, tweeted information about the death sentence[16] and was arrested on the same day.[17] The head of Iran's armed forces warned Saudi Arabia that it would "pay dearly" if it carried out the execution.[18]

In March 2015 the Saudi Arabian appellate court upheld the death sentence against al-Nimr.[19] On 25 October 2015, the Supreme Religious Court of Saudi Arabia rejected al-Nimr's appeal against his death sentence. During an interview for Reuters, al-Nimr's brother claimed that the decision was a result of a hearing which occurred without the presence or notification of al-Nimr's lawyers and family. Al-Nimr's brother still remained hopeful that King Salman would grant a pardon.[20][21][22] Nimr al-Nimr was executed along with 46 others on 2 January 2016.[23]

## Low-level conflict[edit]

From May 2017[1][2] through to 2018[24] and 2019,[25] several incidents occurred in which Qatif residents and/or Saudi policemen were killed.

### Awamiyah residential area destruction[edit]

Around May 2017, Saudi authorities erected siege barricades in Awamiyah and attempted to bulldoze the al-Musawara residential area.[4] Adam Coogle of Human Rights Watch (HRW) described the conflict as surprisingly intense for Saudi Arabia, stating, "I've documented conflict in Saudi Arabia before but nothing like this. I've seen protests, but nothing this militarised." He considered it unprecedented for there to be "heavy clashes going on between the state and its citizens in a Saudi city."[4] About 12–25 people were killed in shelling and sniper fire during May and the following few months. Streets of Awamiyah were described by The Independent as "covered in rubble and sewage" and "[looking] more like a scene from Syria than an oil-rich Gulf city."[4] One protestor stated that he switched from peaceful protesting to methods to armed methods as a result of government repression, including an assault against his wife and frightening his children.[4]

## Legal cases[edit]

In early December 2017, Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband Moussa al-Hashem were arrested in their home[10][26] and detained in the Dammam al-Mabahith prison.[27] They were charged for their activities in relation to participation and documentation of the Qatif political protests.[27] On 6 August 2018, the prosecutor in their case recommended that they be executed, making al-Ghomgham the first Saudi women to be sentenced to death for human rights campaigning, according to Saudi activists.[11][12] Al-Ghomgham and her husband's potential death sentence gained international attention, with support for their case from Shia Rights Watch,[26] the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights,[11] Amnesty International,[28] and Global Affairs Canada.[29] Al-Ghomgham's final sentencing for confirming or rejecting the proposed death penalty was planned for 28 October 2018.[10]

Legal proceedings, including arrests, investigations, trials and executions, of 24 people were referred to as the "Qatif 24 case". Most were convicted on false confessions based on torture. Fourteen of these were executed as part of the 2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution.[30]

## Timeline[edit]

### 2017[edit]

* 12 May – Saudi soldiers shot and killed a two-and-a-half-year-old child and a young man in the town of Awamiyah.[1] Lebanon's al-Ahed news claimed that the mother of the child was critically injured. However, the Saudi Government claimed that terrorists were responsible for the incident.[2]
* 16 May – A Saudi soldier was killed and five more were wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade in a district of al-Awamiya in operations to counter the militants.[31]
* 1 June – Two people were killed in a car explosion in Al-Qatif just before Maghrib prayers. Three men involved in the attack managed to escape and are currently being hunted by security officers in the area.[32]
* 11 June – One soldier was killed and two wounded after a bomb attack in the town of Al-Awamiyah.[33]
* 4 July – A Saudi policeman was killed and three others injured by an explosive device in a flashpoint Shiite-dominated city.[34]
* 6 July – A Saudi policeman was killed and six others injured by an explosive device next to a police patrol in the village of Al-Awamiyah in Al-Qatif.[35]
* 14 July – A Saudi soldier was killed and another was wounded in a shooting attack on their patrol vehicle in Qatif province.[36]
* 26–27 July – five people killed during Police raids in Awamiya, according to activists.[37]
* 30 July – A Saudi police officer was killed and six others wounded when a patrol came under attack in the town of Awamiya.[38]
* 3 August – A Saudi citizen was killed and another injured during an operation to secure families wishing to leave Awamiya, after an armed attack by terrorists on a bus.[39]
* 7 November – Saudi security staff killed in Qatif.[40]
* 6 or 8 December – human rights activists Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband arrested.[10][26]
* 19 December – Al Arabiya sources confirmed that terrorist Salman Ali Salman al-Faraj was killed in Awamiya, eastern province of Saudi Arabia, after confrontations with the police forces.[41]
* 19 December – The body of Shiite Sheikh Mohammed al-Jirani, who had been kidnapped a year earlier by Shiite militants in the Eastern Province, was found in Qatif during a security raid.[42]

### 2018[edit]

* 16 January – The Saudi Presidency of State Security announced that wanted fugitive Abdullah Mirza al-Qallaf was killed in a security operation in al-Qatif.[43]
* 5 April – A Saudi soldier was killed in a raid against militants in the city of Al-Awamiyah in the eastern province of Qatif in Saudi Arabia. Several weapons and explosives were found. The security forces foiled terrorist attacks after the operation.[24]
* 6 August – prosecutor calls for death penalty for Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband.[11][12]
* 28 October – initially scheduled date of final sentence for Israa al-Ghomgham and her husband.[11][12]

### 2019[edit]

* 31 January – the Saudi authorities confirmed in a public statement that they would not seek the imposition of the death penalty against al-Ghomgham.[13][14][15] The prosecutor still called for the death penalty for four of al-Ghomgham's five male co-defendants.[13]
* 2 April – two people shot dead and two detained in Qatif by Saudi forces; Saudi authorities claim that the four people "were heading to carry out a terrorist act, refused to surrender, shot at security forces and threw a hand grenade into a gas station, causing a fire."[25]
* 23 April – Saudi authorities executed Mujtaba al-Sweikat and Munir al-Adam and twelve others among the Qatif protestors tried in the "Qatif 24 case", most of whom were convicted on confessions based on torture.[30]
* 11 May – Saudi authorities lay siege to Umm al-Hamam for 15 hours, raided several houses, surrounded a residential apartment in the Sanabis area, and shot dead eight people. The authorities claim that the eight people had shot at police first and that they constituted a recently created terrorist cell.[44]
* 7 June – Amnesty International confirms CNN claim that the Public Prosecutor has called for the death penalty against Murtaja Qureiris for his participation as a 10-year-old in peaceful Qatif protests in 2011.[45][46]
* 16 June \- Saudi authorities announce that Murtaja Qureiris is not to be executed, and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment (subject to appeal), including time served, with a 4-year reduction for his youth, leading to his possible release in 2022.[47]
* mid-July \- Majid Abdullah al-Adam dies, ten days after being injured by Saudi security forces who raided the al-Jash area of Qatif with artillery launchers and other heavy weapons.[citation needed]
* 25 December \- Two people were shot dead by Saudi security forces in Dammam in what Saudi state television claimed was a shootout between authorities and terrorists.[48]

### 2020[edit]

* 7 January \- The "most dangerous wanted terrorist" in Qatif was captured after he fired on a security patrol, according to state-run news media.[49]

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* Ararat rebellion
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* World War II
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1950s|

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* Cyprus crisis of 1963–1964
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* Dhofar Rebellion
* North Yemen Civil War
* Feb. 1963 Iraqi coup
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* 1948 Palestine war
* First Intifada
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* 1966 Syrian coup d'état

1970s|

* Black September in Jordan
* Yemenite War of 1972
* Turkish invasion of Cyprus
* Shatt al-Arab clashes
* Lebanese Civil War
* Political violence in Turkey
* Islamist uprising in Syria
* 1977 Shia uprising in Iraq
* NDF Rebellion
* Yemenite War of 1979
* Iranian Revolution
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* 1979 Qatif Uprising
* Grand Mosque seizure
* 1979–1980 Shia uprising in Iraq

1980s|

* Iran–Iraq War
* 1980 Turkish coup d'état
* Kurdish–Turkish conflict
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* South Yemen Civil War
* 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
* 1986 Damascus bombings
* Mecca massacre
* Abu Nidal's executions

1990s|

* Gulf War (1990–1991)
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* Terror campaign in Egypt (1990s)
* Yemeni Civil War (1994)
* Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
* Islamic insurgency in Saudi Arabia (2000–present)
* Operation Desert Fox
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* 1999 Shia uprising in Iraq

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* Iraq War
* Balochi insurgency in Iran
* 2004 Qamishli riots
* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Iran–Israel proxy conflict
* 2006 Lebanon War
* Fatah–Hamas conflict
* South Yemen insurgency

2010s|

* 2011 Bahraini uprising
* Egyptian Crisis
* Sinai insurgency
* Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)
* Syrian civil war
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* Syrian War spillover in Lebanon
* Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
* War in Iraq (2013–2017)
* Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
* Yemeni crisis
* Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

2020s|

* 2021 Beirut clashes

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Arab nationalism

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Literature|

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Iran–Saudi Arabia relations

Diplomatic posts|

* Ambassadors of Iran to Saudi Arabia
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* Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia to Iran

Conflicts|

* Iranian Revolution
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* Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* Qatif conflict
* 1979 Qatif Uprising
* Iran–Iraq War
* Action of June 5, 1984
* Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict
* Qatar diplomatic crisis
* 2011 Egyptian revolution
* 2011 Bahraini uprising
* Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
* insurgency in Bahrain
* First Libyan Civil War
* Syrian civil war
* Hezbollah involvement
* Iranian involvement
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* Spillover in Lebanon
* Axis of Resistance
* Iranian intervention in Iraq
* Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Operation Scorched Earth
* Operation Blow to the Head
* Yemeni Revolution
* Yemeni Civil War
* Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Second Libyan Civil War
* Western Iran clashes

Incidents|

* 1987 Mecca incident
* Khobar Towers bombing
* 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
* 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* Execution of Nimr al-Nimr
* 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran
* 2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* 2011 alleged Iran assassination plot
* 2015 Mina stampede
* 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute
* 2017–2020 Qatif unrest
* 2018 Riyadh missile strike
* International Maritime Security Construct
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231
* May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident
* 2019 Afif attack
* Abha International Airport attacks
* Abqaiq–Khurais attack

Iranian relations
with GCC member states|

* Bahrain
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* Qatar
* United Arab Emirates

Related|

* Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry
* Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
* Iran–Israel proxy conflict
* Arab League–Iran relations
* Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran
* Warsaw Middle East conference
* Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition
* Opposition to military action against Iran
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* Iran International
* Shia–Sunni relations
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Background|

* Iranian Revolution
* 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
* Arab separatism in Khuzestan
* Qatif conflict
* 1979 Qatif Uprising

Conflicts|

* Iran–Iraq War
* Action of June 5, 1984
* Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict
* Qatar diplomatic crisis
* 2011 Egyptian revolution
* 2011 Bahraini uprising
* Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain
* insurgency in Bahrain
* First Libyan Civil War
* Syrian civil war
* Hezbollah involvement
* Iranian involvement
* Saudi involvement
* Spillover in Lebanon
* Axis of Resistance
* War in Iraq (2013–2017)
* Iranian intervention in Iraq
* Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
* Houthi insurgency in Yemen
* Operation Scorched Earth
* Operation Blow to the Head
* Yemeni Revolution
* Yemeni Civil War
* Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
* Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
* Houthi takeover in Yemen
* Second Libyan Civil War
* Western Iran clashes

Incidents|

* 1987 Mecca incident
* Khobar Towers bombing
* 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
* 2016 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* Execution of Nimr al-Nimr
* 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran
* 2019 Saudi Arabia mass execution
* 2011 alleged Iran assassination plot
* 2015 Mina stampede
* 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute
* 2017–2020 Qatif unrest
* 2018 Riyadh missile strike
* International Maritime Security Construct
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231
* May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident
* 2019 Afif attack
* Abha International Airport attacks
* Abqaiq–Khurais attack

Iranian relations
with GCC member states|

* Bahrain
* Kuwait
* Oman
* Qatar
* United Arab Emirates

Related topics|

* Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
* Iran–Israel proxy conflict
* Arab League–Iran relations
* Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran
* Warsaw Middle East conference
* Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition
* Opposition to military action against Iran
* Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
* Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
* Gulf Cooperation Council
* People's Mujahedin of Iran
* Iran International
* Shia–Sunni relations
* Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia
* Turkey and the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

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