--- title: Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia | TIME description: State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities without killing anyone. canonical: https://time.com/video/TsZ14Iii/ og:title: Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia og:description: State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities without killing anyone. og:url: https://time.com/video/TsZ14Iii/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TsZ14Iii/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia twitter:description: State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities without killing anyone. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TsZ14Iii/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia ## Video: Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia [Watch (HLS stream): Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TsZ14Iii.m3u8) (0:29)  _Published 2016-07-04. State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities without killing anyone._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:21 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [The British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Has Converted to Islam](/video/utbWFMcg/) ### The British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Has Converted to Islam [A Suicide Bomber Has Blown Himself Up Near a U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia](/video/v3zZcv5w/) ### A Suicide Bomber Has Blown Himself Up Near a U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia [Meet Saudi Arabia's New King](/video/78wq34iL/) ### Meet Saudi Arabia's New King --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Explosion Near Medina, Saudi Arabia","description":"State-linked Saudi news websites reported an explosion Monday near one of Islam’s holiest sites in the city of Medina, as two suicide bombers struck in different cities without killing anyone.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TsZ14Iii/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-07-04T20:17:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TsZ14Iii.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/TsZ14Iii/","duration":"PT29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/TsZ14Iii/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```