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Sudan: Burhan’s Office Denies News on his Quarantine

Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. EPA
Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. EPA
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Sudan: Burhan’s Office Denies News on his Quarantine

Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. EPA
Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. EPA

Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is healthy and is spending the Eid el-Fitr holiday in his hometown in River Nile state, his office affirmed on Thursday.

It also denied news on his alleged quarantine after meeting with his late advisor, Najwa Gadaheldam, who died from COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The office issued a statement noting that Burhan spent his holiday exchanging greetings with kings and heads of state.

According to the statement, he received on Wednesday phone calls from US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy and US Special Envoy for Sudan Donald Booth.

He also received a call from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who offered him condolences on Gadaheldam’s death.

A Chinese medical team arrived in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to support the country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The medical team was received by Health Minister Akram Ali al-Tom and Chinese Ambassador in Khartoum Ma Xinmin.

The total number of coronavirus cases in Sudan has risen to 4,346 and 195 deaths.

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Syria’s Al-Sharaa Says No to Arms Outside State Control

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
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Syria’s Al-Sharaa Says No to Arms Outside State Control

Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C) arrives for a meeing with visiting Druze officials from Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) in Damascus on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said his administration would announce the new structure of the defense ministry and military within days.

In a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday, al-Sharaa said that his administration would not allow for arms outside the control of the state.

An official source told Reuters on Saturday that Murhaf Abu Qasra, a leading figure in the insurgency that toppled Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago, had been named as defense minister in the interim government.
Sharaa did not mention the appointment of a new defense minister on Sunday.
Sharaa discussed the form military institutions would take during a meeting with armed factions on Saturday, state news agency SANA said.
Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir said last week that the defense ministry would be restructured using former opposition factions and officers who defected from Assad's army.

Earlier Sunday, Lebanon’s Druze leader Walid Jumblatt held talks with al-Sharaa in Damascus.

Jumblatt expressed hope that Lebanese-Syrian relations “will return to normal.”

“Syria was a source of concern and disturbance, and its interference in Lebanese affairs was negative,” al-Sharaa said, referring to the Assad government. “Syria will no longer be a case of negative interference in Lebanon," he added.