Khartoum, Cairo Sign Joint Military Cooperation Agreement

Sudan and Egypt signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday. (AFP)
Sudan and Egypt signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday. (AFP)
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Khartoum, Cairo Sign Joint Military Cooperation Agreement

Sudan and Egypt signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday. (AFP)
Sudan and Egypt signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday. (AFP)

Sudan and Egypt signed a military cooperation agreement on Tuesday during a three-day visit by Egypt’s Army Chief of Staff Lt. General Mohamed Farid to the Sudanese capital.

Sudan’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohamed Othman al-Hussein said the agreement aims to achieve national security for both countries.

Exchanged visits by Egyptian and Sudanese military officials have increased after the ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

Farid led on Monday a high-ranking military delegation to take part in the seventh meeting of the Egyptian-Sudanese Military Committee in Khartoum.

In November 2020, the first phase of the Egyptian-Sudanese air force military drill, dubbed” The Nile Eagles 1,” kicked off in Khartoum.

The Egyptian and Sudanese special and air forces carried out the drill, which was the first of its kind between the two neighboring countries.

According to Farid, Tuesday’s visit aims at supporting military and security cooperation to bolster bilateral capabilities and confront challenges facing both countries’ national security.

Cairo is ready to meet Khartoum’s demands in all military fields, as part of the unprecedented military bilateral cooperation.



Iraq Agrees to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Six Months

Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
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Iraq Agrees to Supply Lebanon with Fuel for Six Months

Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)
Beirut seen through the smog. (AP)

Iraq has agreed to supply Lebanon with fuel for six more months, the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement on Saturday, renewing a deal meant to alleviate Lebanon's acute power shortage.

Under the heavy fuel oil deal, first agreed in July 2021, Iraq provides the Lebanese government with the fuel in exchange for services including health care for Iraqi citizens.

Lebanon then swaps the heavy fuel oil for gas oil that it can use at its power stations.

These have operated for decades at partial capacity, but electricity provision deteriorated further during a financial crisis that has hit the state's ability to buy fuel.