Egypt Supports Unity of Sudanese State, Institutions

An army soldier walks in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)
An army soldier walks in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)
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Egypt Supports Unity of Sudanese State, Institutions

An army soldier walks in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)
An army soldier walks in front of the damaged Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, after it was taken over by Sudan's army Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday said Cairo supports the Sudanese state and its national institutions, and is keen on preserving Sudan’s unity and territorial integrity.

“Any solution must ensure that Sudan remains united and stable,” he said.

Separately, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, warned that Sudan is among the top four countries globally with the highest prevalence of acute malnutrition.

“The humanitarian community is delivering food and nutrition aid, but resources are running out. Millions in Sudan face hunger. Urgent funding is needed to support them,” Nkweta-Salami said.

The Rapid Support Forces said on Sunday they seized control of a Sudanese Army military base in the city of al-Maliha, a strategic desert city in North Darfur near the borders of Chad and Libya.

Late on Thursday, the RSF media claimed it seized control of al-Maliha and the Jabal Issa military base.

The RSF media then released a video showing troops at the base, while one of the forces threatened to target areas in the north of the country.

The RSF advances came while the Sudanese Army said on Friday it had taken control of the Republican Palace and key government buildings in central Khartoum.

On Sunday, three civilians including two children were killed in an artillery attack by the RSF on Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital, a medical source told AFP.

“Two children and a woman were killed and eight others injured in the shelling,” said the medical source at Al-Nao hospital, one of the city’s last functioning health facilities, requesting anonymity for their safety.

Eyewitnesses in the area reported seven rounds of shelling rocking residential neighborhoods controlled by the army, which in recent days regained most of central Khartoum’s government district from the RSF.

On Saturday, the Sudanese army claimed several strategic state institutions that had been overrun by paramilitaries, including the central bank, state intelligence headquarters and the national museum.

“Our forces in central Khartoum are continuing to pressure the Daglo thugs ... [who] are trying to escape from our forces,” army spokesman Nabil Abdallah said.

He said the army had “eliminated hundreds of militia members who tried to escape through pockets in central Khartoum.”

Since April 2023, the RSF has battled Sudan’s regular army in a war that has killed tens of thousands, uprooted over 12 million and created the world’s largest hunger and displacement crises.

The army has secured several victories over the RSF since September.



Syrian Govt Visits Notorious Al-Hol Camp for First Time Since Kurds Deal

A view of the Al-Hol camp. (AFP file)
A view of the Al-Hol camp. (AFP file)
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Syrian Govt Visits Notorious Al-Hol Camp for First Time Since Kurds Deal

A view of the Al-Hol camp. (AFP file)
A view of the Al-Hol camp. (AFP file)

A Syrian government delegation visited a notorious camp in the Kurdish-administered northeast that hosts families of suspected ISIS group members, the new authorities' first visit, both sides said Saturday.

Kurdish-run camps and prisons in the northeast hold tens of thousands of people, many with alleged or perceived links to ISIS, more than five years after the group’s territorial defeat in Syria.

Kurdish administration official Sheikhmous Ahmed said "a tripartite meeting was held on Saturday in the Al-Hol camp" that included a government delegation, another from the US-led international coalition fighting ISIS, and Kurdish administration members.

Al-Hol is northeast Syria's largest camp, housing some 37,000 people from dozens of countries, including 14,500 Iraqis, in dire conditions.

Discussions involved "establishing a mechanism for removing Syrian families from Al-Hol camp", Ahmed said.

The visit comes more than two months after interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, agreed to integrate the Kurds' civil and military institutions into the national government.

The deal also involved guaranteeing the return of all Syrians to their hometowns and villages.

No progress has yet been reported on the administration's integration into the new government.

In Damascus, interior ministry spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba told reporters Al-Hol is "part of the agreement" signed by Sharaa and Abdi.

He said the issue requires "a comprehensive societal solution for the families who are victims" of ISIS.

In February, the Kurdish administration said that in coordination with the United Nations, it aimed to empty camps in the northeast of thousands of displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, including suspected relatives of extremists, by the end of the year.

Al-Hol includes a high-security section for families of foreign ISIS fighters.

Ahmed said the fate of those families "is linked to the countries that have nationals (in the camp), and to the international coalition", which supported Kurdish-led forces who fought ISIS, detaining its fighters and their relatives.

The Kurds have repeatedly called on countries to repatriate their citizens, but foreign governments have allowed home only a trickle, fearing security threats and a domestic political backlash.

It is unclear who will administer prisons holding thousands of ISIS fighters in the northeast, with Abdi saying in February the new authorities wanted them under Damascus's control.