RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned the drone attack on a Saudi-run hospital in El-Fasher city in Sudan’s Darfur region.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a drone attack on Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital in the city in western Sudan has killed 70 people and injured 19 others.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry in a statement expressed Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack on the Saudi hospital in El-Fasher, Sudan.
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“This attack resulted in the death and injury of several people, violating international and humanitarian laws,” it said.
“The Kingdom reiterated its rejection of these violations and emphasised the critical need to protect health and humanitarian workers,” said the foreign ministry statement.
It urged self-restraint and the avoidance of targeting civilians, calling for adherence to the commitments made in the Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan, issued on May 11, 2023. Saudi Arabia also extended its deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
The war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands, uprooted over 12 million and pushed the country to the brink of famine, creating what the United Nations describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
