Riyadh, March 10 -- Saudi Arabia has issued a strong condemnation following an assault on the United Arab Emirates' Consulate General located in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its firm disapproval of the strike, characterising the "repeated targeting" of diplomatic premises as a "clear violation" of international law.

The strike on the diplomatic mission occurred early Tuesday, just hours after the Gulf nation voiced its frustration over being targeted "unfairly" in the ongoing Middle East conflict.

The UAE's consulate in Iraq's Kurdish region sustained structural damage during the aerial assault. According to official reports, there were "no casualties" resulting from the inciden...