Sudan Police Threaten Former Regime ‘Remnants’ with Decisive Confrontation

Sudanese people celebrate after the signing of an agreement to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party (NCP) membership from the Registrar of the Sudanese Party Organizations, in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 November 2019. EPA
Sudanese people celebrate after the signing of an agreement to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party (NCP) membership from the Registrar of the Sudanese Party Organizations, in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 November 2019. EPA
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Sudan Police Threaten Former Regime ‘Remnants’ with Decisive Confrontation

Sudanese people celebrate after the signing of an agreement to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party (NCP) membership from the Registrar of the Sudanese Party Organizations, in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 November 2019. EPA
Sudanese people celebrate after the signing of an agreement to dissolve the former ruling National Congress Party (NCP) membership from the Registrar of the Sudanese Party Organizations, in Khartoum, Sudan, 30 November 2019. EPA

The Sudanese police vowed to face what they called “the remnants of the former regime” with a strong and decisive move over their insistence to commit destabilizing acts in the capital and other provinces.

The Director General of the Police Forces, Lieutenant General Ezzeddine Sheikh Ali Mansour, said that the police would confront “the remnants of the former regime” in a strong and resolute manner, denouncing the aggression on the premises of the committee for dismantling the ousted June 30 regime in Port-Sudan city.

Mansour noted that the attack has prompted the security authorities to hold an immediate meeting of the Technical Committee of the Security and Defense Council, headed by a member of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Yasser Al-Ataa, Chairman of the Committee for Dismantling the Ousted June 30 Regime, in the presence of the Ministers of Defense and Interior and other officials.

Mansour added that the leadership of the police forces, based on the recommendations of the meeting, issued a number of directives to ensure the protection of the headquarters of the said committee and its employees, as well as the properties placed under its authority.

He rejected such aggressions, stating that the dismantling committee was carrying out its duties in line with the constitution and the law.

By virtue of a law issued last year, the committee for dismantling the ousted June 30 regime was given the authority to abolish public posts, terminate the service of officials who obtained jobs through nepotism, dissolve profit and non-profit organizations, request reports and information from state institutions, and summon people to provide information and access. The committee is also entrusted with seizing bank accounts of persons, institutions and companies, for the purpose of dismantling the former regime.

Since its launch, the committee has dealt with major corruption cases by the symbols of the former Islamist regime, and reclaimed misappropriated real estate, companies, and shares.



At Least 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church

A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
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At Least 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Damascus Church

A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
A Syrian man reacts inside Mar Elias church where a suicide bomber detonated himself in Dweila in the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

At least 15 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Mar Elias Church in the Dweila neighborhood of Syria's capital Damascus on Sunday, security sources said.

Syria's interior ministry said the suicide bomber was an ISIS member. He entered the church, opened fire and then detonated his explosive vest, the ministry added in a statement.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said two men were involved in the attack, including the one who blew himself up.

Syria's state news agency cited the health ministry as putting the preliminary casualty toll at nine dead and 13 injured.

Some local media reported that children were among the casualties.

A livestream from the site by Syria's civil defense, the White Helmets, showed scenes of destruction from within the church, including a bloodied floor and shattered church pews and masonry.

Syrian Information Minister Hamza Mostafa condemned the attack, calling it a terrorist attack.

“This cowardly act goes against the civic values that brings us together,” he said in a post on X. “We will not back down from our commitment to equal citizenship ... and we also affirm the state’s pledge to exert all its efforts to combat criminal organizations and to protect society from all attacks threatening its safety.”