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Lebanon: Israel Strikes Hezbollah Positions in Tayr Harfa, Maroun al-Ras

Smoke plumes erupt during Israeli bombardment on the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon on April 25, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke plumes erupt during Israeli bombardment on the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon on April 25, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
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Lebanon: Israel Strikes Hezbollah Positions in Tayr Harfa, Maroun al-Ras

Smoke plumes erupt during Israeli bombardment on the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon on April 25, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke plumes erupt during Israeli bombardment on the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon on April 25, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Palestinian Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)

Israel carried out airstrikes on the town of Tayr Harfa and the outskirts of the town of Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon, the Arab World News Agency said on Sunday.
Later, the Israeli army said its warplanes had targeted Hezbollah positions in Maroun al-Ras, Tayr Harfa and Yarin, hitting several military infrastructure sites.
Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah since the outbreak of the Gaza war on October 7.
On Saturday, Hezbollah said it bombed the Meron settlement in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel and the surrounding settlements with dozens of Katyusha rockets.
The Israeli army stated that at least 26 rockets were launched from Lebanon and fell in uninhabited areas. It added that the attack did not result in any casualties or damages, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

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Sudan’s Burhan Announces Plans for a Technocratic Government

Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his meeting with Heiko Nitschke, Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council)
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his meeting with Heiko Nitschke, Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council)
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Sudan’s Burhan Announces Plans for a Technocratic Government

Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his meeting with Heiko Nitschke, Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council)
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his meeting with Heiko Nitschke, Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa (Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council)

Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairman and Army Chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reaffirmed on Thursday that the military is committed to creating the necessary conditions for a democratically elected civilian government to take power.

During a meeting with Germany’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Heiko Nitschke, Burhan emphasized that the armed forces have no intention of engaging in political affairs.

A statement from the Sovereign Council said both sides discussed efforts to initiate an inclusive national dialogue and form a technocratic government to oversee preparations for elections, in line with the recently announced roadmap.

For his part, the German envoy expressed Berlin’s readiness to support Sudan’s reconstruction efforts and collaborate with international partners on post-war rebuilding, according to the statement.

Over the past month, the Sudanese army has reclaimed key areas in the capital, Khartoum, including the presidential palace, all ministerial headquarters, the Central Bank of Sudan, and other major government institutions. Meanwhile, columns of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters were seen withdrawing from the capital, crossing Jebel Aulia Bridge toward White Nile State.

Residents reported that the army launched airstrikes in Omdurman on Thursday, following its declared victory over the RSF in a two-year battle for control of Khartoum.

The war has devastated large parts of Khartoum, displaced over 12 million Sudanese, and pushed nearly half of the country’s 50 million people into severe hunger, in what the United Nations has described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The Sudanese army now controls most of Omdurman, home to two major military bases, and appears focused on eliminating the remaining RSF units to secure full control over Greater Khartoum. Thursday’s artillery strikes targeted southern Omdurman.

The Sudanese army and RSF were once allies, having jointly orchestrated the 2021 coup that derailed Sudan’s democratic transition following the overthrow of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. However, their alliance quickly unraveled, plunging the country into a devastating civil war driven by a bitter power struggle.