Saudi Arabia condemns deadly attack on healthcare facility in Sudan

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, center, in El Fasher, Sudan, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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Updated 26 January 2025
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Saudi Arabia condemns deadly attack on healthcare facility in Sudan

  • 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.


Saudi foreign minister arrives in Cairo for meeting with Egyptian president

Updated 05 January 2026
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Saudi foreign minister arrives in Cairo for meeting with Egyptian president

  • Prince Faisal bin Farhan will discuss regional developments with Egyptian officials

LONDON: Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Cairo for an official visit on Sunday evening.

He is scheduled to meet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

Prince Faisal will discuss ways to enhance Saudi-Egyptian relations across various sectors, and talks will also focus on regional developments, SPA added.