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- A drone attack on Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital in Al-Fasher has killed 70 people
- It was not clear which of Sudan's warring sides had launched the attack
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia strongly condemned on Sunday the drone attack on a Saudi-run hospital in El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region.
A drone attack on Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital in the besieged town in western Sudan has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others, the World Health Organization said.
The Kingdom described the attack as a “violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”
“The Kingdom reiterated its rejection of these violations and emphasized the critical need to protect health and humanitarian workers,” read the foreign ministry statement.
It called for practice of “self-restraint” and avoidance of “targeting civilians.”
The Kingdom also called for adherence to the commitments made in the Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan.
It was not clear which of Sudan's warring sides had launched the attack.
The conflict in Sudan has unleashed a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions.
Tens of thousands have been killed and over 12 million people have been uprooted.