Sudan: 80 killed in bombing of a truck stop in West Kordofan

80 people were killed in a drone bombing, on Sunday, in Al-Dabab, in the state of West Kordofan, Sudan, targeting a truck stop used by civilians for transportation, according to a medical source and a witness, according to a medical source and witness, on Monday.

A medical source at the nearby Al-Muglad Hospital told Agence France-Presse: “80 people were killed in a drone bombing on the Al-Dab area” in the state, which is under the control of the Rapid Support Forces, which are warring with the army.

Ahmed Abkar, who communicated with the agency via the satellite Internet (Starlink), confirmed that the incident occurred on Sunday evening and targeted a public transportation gathering. He stated that he helped bury 50 dead people, including his brother, while 47 other wounded were transferred to the hospital, thirty of whom died, according to the medical source.

Egypt called on Iran to respect the security of the Gulf. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Aty said that he discussed regional developments in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

The Egyptian Foreign Minister added in a blog post on his account on the “X” platform, reported by the country’s official Middle East News Agency, on Monday, that he stressed during the phone call “the importance of reducing escalation, promoting negotiation, and respecting Gulf security.”

Abdel Ati’s speech came hours after meeting with Araqchi, on Saturday, on the sidelines of the meetings of the 52nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Baghdad, where he stressed “the necessity of reducing escalation and quickly restoring calm and stability in the region,” and they discussed ways to reach an agreement that would contribute to containing the current crisis and preventing the expansion of the scope of the conflict.

During his talks on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart, Abdel Ati also discussed “the necessity of ensuring freedom of international navigation and regular trade movement through sea lanes, which contributes to reducing the negative repercussions of the crisis on the global economy, especially in light of the major disruptions it has caused in energy and fertilizer supply chains and international trade movement.”

He stressed “the necessity of respecting the security and stability of the Gulf states and all countries of the region, and the importance of stopping all hostile actions targeting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and condemning these unjustified attacks.”

Egypt repeatedly renews its full solidarity with the sisterly Gulf states, and its standing by their side in the face of everything that affects their security and territorial integrity. It also affirms “the rejection of any attacks aimed at harming the sovereignty and stability of the Gulf states.” She called on more than one occasion to “immediately stop the escalation and resort to serious dialogue and diplomatic means to settle the various outstanding issues in the region.”

Eight recruits were killed and others were injured in an “accidental explosion” inside a security training center in the city of Zawiya, located 45 kilometers west of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, according to what a security source told Agence France-Presse on Monday.

A source in the Zawiya Security Directorate said, in a statement to the agency, on Monday morning, that “an accidental explosion last night caused the death of eight recruits and the injury of a number of others, inside one of the security training headquarters.”

The source added that members of the security apparatus “were training with live ammunition... and the explosion of a projectile from one of the weapons used in field training” caused the accident.