Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on Residence of UAE Ambassador to Sudan

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
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Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on Residence of UAE Ambassador to Sudan

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on September 26, 2024. (AFP)

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Monday’s the Kingdom condemnation of the attack on the residence of the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Sudan, saying it was a violation of international law.

The ministry reiterated the Kingdom’s rejection of these violations and all forms of violence against diplomats, emphasizing the need to ensure the protection of diplomats and respect for diplomatic missions' premises in compliance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The Sudanese army on Monday rejected an accusation by the UAE that its forces had bombed the residence of the UAE ambassador in Khartoum.

It stressed that its forces were targeting militias and that it was its right to defend Sudan against them, adding that it respects international law

The UAE said earlier on Monday that the residence of its ambassador in Khartoum had been attacked by a Sudanese military aircraft, condemning it as a "heinous attack."



UAE President Pledges $100 Mln Aid to Lebanon

Rescuers dig through the rubble of a building, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese village of Ain al-Delb on September 30, 2024. (AFP)
Rescuers dig through the rubble of a building, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese village of Ain al-Delb on September 30, 2024. (AFP)
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UAE President Pledges $100 Mln Aid to Lebanon

Rescuers dig through the rubble of a building, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese village of Ain al-Delb on September 30, 2024. (AFP)
Rescuers dig through the rubble of a building, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike, in the southern Lebanese village of Ain al-Delb on September 30, 2024. (AFP)

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan pledged on Monday an urgent relief aid package worth $100 million to Lebanon, the state news agency WAM reported.

This initiative is part of the UAE’s continuous efforts to support Lebanon through its current challenges, underscoring the nation's unwavering commitment to assisting the Lebanese people, it added.

Lebanon's Health Ministry says more than 1,000 Lebanese have been killed and 6,000 wounded in the past two weeks in a wave of intensified Israeli attacks on militant targets in the country, part of a conflict now also stretching from the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, to Yemen, and in Israel itself.