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Burhan Vows to Continue Battle to Crush Rapid Support Forces

Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses his forces in the country's east. (SUNA)
Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses his forces in the country's east. (SUNA)
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Burhan Vows to Continue Battle to Crush Rapid Support Forces

Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses his forces in the country's east. (SUNA)
Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addresses his forces in the country's east. (SUNA)

Sudan's Sovereign Council head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has reaffirmed on Monday that his army will continue fighting until it crushes the “rebellion,” in reference to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

Since last April, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF started fighting a war that has ravaged the country.

During a visit to Kassala State where he addressed troops of the 44th Brigade in New Halfa, al-Burhan said that the battle continues until RSF are defeated.

The Sovereign Council media office said in a statement that thousands of New Halfa residents gathered to welcome the army chief, his first visit to the area since the outbreak of fighting against the RSF.

The statement added that Burhan also visited the 11th Infantry Division headquarters in Khashm Al-Qirbah in the eastern military zone.

In a related development, the governor of Khartoum State, Ahmed Othman Hamzah, affirmed that army forces are advancing on all fronts.

According to the Sudan News Agency, SUNA, Hamzah visited family members of those killed in the “Battle of Dignity."

According to international organizations, Sudan is now the largest internal displacement crisis globally hosting an estimated 9.05 million displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 December 2023.

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UN's Syria Envoy Calls for 'Free And Fair Elections' after Transition

A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
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UN's Syria Envoy Calls for 'Free And Fair Elections' after Transition

A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP
A man lifts an independence-era Syrian flag as passengers disembark in Aleppo, after the first commercial flight since Assad's ouster - AFP

United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen called Wednesday for "free and fair elections" in Syria and urged humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country after Bashar al-Assad's ouster this month.

Addressing reporters in Damascus, Pedersen said "there is a lot of hope that we can now see the beginning of a new Syria", which he expressed hope would also include a "political solution" in the Kurdish-held northeast.

The UN envoy called for "a new Syria that, in line with Security Council Resolution 2254, will adopt a new constitution... and that we will have free and fair elections when that time comes, after a transitional period."

Resolution 2254, adopted in 2015 at the height of the civil war, set out a roadmap for a political settlement in Syria, according to AFP.

After opposition factions captured Damascus on December 8 and toppled Assad's rule, Pedersen expressed his hope the Syrians can rebuild their country and that "the process to end sanctions" imposed under the former government could begin.

"We need immediate humanitarian assistance, but we also need to make sure that Syria can be rebuilt, that we can see economic recovery," he said.

Pedersen noted that "one of the biggest challenges is the situation in the northeast", amid fears of a major escalation between the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Türkiye-backed armed groups.

Türkiye accuses the main component of the SDF, the People's Protection Units (YPG), of being affiliated with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants at home, whom both Washington and Ankara consider a "terrorist" group.

The United States said on Tuesday it had brokered an extension to a fragile ceasefire in the flashpoint town of Manbij and was seeking a broader understanding with Türkiye.

"I'm very pleased that the truce has been renewed and that it seems to be holding, but hopefully we will see a political solution to that issue," Pedersen said.