Sudan Welcomes Turkish Offer to Mediate with the UAE

Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Turkish deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran in Port Sudan on Saturday. (Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council/Facebook)
Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Turkish deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran in Port Sudan on Saturday. (Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council/Facebook)
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Sudan Welcomes Turkish Offer to Mediate with the UAE

Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Turkish deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran in Port Sudan on Saturday. (Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council/Facebook)
Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Turkish deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran in Port Sudan on Saturday. (Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council/Facebook)

The Sudanese government welcomed on Saturday Türkiye's offer to mediate between Sudan and the United States.

The mediation was presented by Turkish deputy Foreign Minister Burhanettin Duran, who is visiting Sudan.

Sudanese FM Ali Youssef told Asharq Al-Awsat that Sudan welcomes the initiative, describing the Turkish official’s visit as a “success”.

The FM had stressed in previous remarks the importance of negotiating with Abu Dhabi, adding that the “door for negotiations with the UAE will always be open.”

Duran visited the interim capital Port Sudan at the head of a delegation from his ministry.

The trip took place in wake of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to Sudanese army commander and head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to mediate between Sudan and the UAE.



Israeli Strikes Kill 17 People In Gaza, Nearly all of Them Women or Kids

Palestinian children walk past the rubble of houses, destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Palestinian children walk past the rubble of houses, destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Israeli Strikes Kill 17 People In Gaza, Nearly all of Them Women or Kids

Palestinian children walk past the rubble of houses, destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Palestinian children walk past the rubble of houses, destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed at least 17 people late Tuesday, nearly all of them women or children, the territory’s Health Ministry and hospital officials said.
Five kids were killed as they sheltered together in the same tent, said Ahmed al-Farra, director of the children's ward at nearby Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Their bodies were among the eight children and five women brought to the hospital after strikes on tents, homes and a vehicle. Two bodies were unidentifiable, The Associated Press said.
The Israeli military said it targeted militants who had taken part in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war, without providing evidence. Israel said it took steps to lessen the risk of hurting civilians and blamed Hamas for the civilian casualties.
The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is raging with no end in sight, although there has reportedly been recent progress in long-running talks aimed at a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip still have hope the war will end soon. Issam Saqr, a displaced man from Khan Younis, told The Associated Press he hopes the ceasefire “will happen today — before tomorrow!”