Sudan Pursues Bashir’s Intelligence Chief through Interpol

Former head of the dissolved National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh
Former head of the dissolved National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh
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Sudan Pursues Bashir’s Intelligence Chief through Interpol

Former head of the dissolved National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh
Former head of the dissolved National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh

Sudan has resorted to Interpol to pursue former head of intelligence in ousted president Omar al-Bashir’s regime.

Former head of the dissolved National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Salah Gosh is accused of plotting terrorist attacks aimed at undermining the constitutional system in the country.

Investigations have implicated him in forming a terrorist cell that was arrested ahead of the attacks that were planned for May 2019.

A trial will kick off in Khartoum on Sunday for members of the cell. They have been identified as former members of the so-called People’s Security Service (PSS) and security officials from Bashir’s dissolved ruling National Congress Party (NCP).

The prosecution had announced that 24 suspects were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plot and for seeking to violently oppose the authorities.

Interpol had in February agreed to Sudan’s request to apprehend Gosh, who is on the run in a neighboring country.

Gosh is viewed as the founder of Bashir’s notorious security agency that has been complicit in the murder of peaceful protesters in rallies that led to the ouster of the longtime president in April 2019.

Sources from the general prosecution told Asharq Al-Awsat that investigations have shown that Gosh was the main plotter of the terrorist attacks. He was involved in financing the cell and providing it with logistic support.

Weapons, explosives and modern communication equipment were seized from the cell.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources said the suspects confessed that Gosh would have assumed a “major” position in the country had the operation been a success and the new transitional authority ousted.



Planes from Jordan and UAE Airdrop Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

28 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Humanitarian aid supplies are airdropped by military cargo planes over the western part of Deir al-Balah. (dpa)
28 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Humanitarian aid supplies are airdropped by military cargo planes over the western part of Deir al-Balah. (dpa)
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Planes from Jordan and UAE Airdrop Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

28 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Humanitarian aid supplies are airdropped by military cargo planes over the western part of Deir al-Balah. (dpa)
28 July 2025, Palestinian Territories, Deir al-Balah: Humanitarian aid supplies are airdropped by military cargo planes over the western part of Deir al-Balah. (dpa)

Two planes from the Jordanian and UAE Air Force airdropped 17 tons of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Monday, Jordan's military said.

The aid packages come as hunger continues to soar across the enclave.

The airdrops took place for the second day as Israel faces increasing pressure over Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. However, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, warned that airdrops are “expensive, inefficient and can even kill starving civilians.”

The 17 tons of airdropped aid amounts to less than one aid truck carrying food, based on the World Food Program’s calculation of nearly 19 tons per truck.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that Germany intends to conduct an airlift of humanitarian aid to Gaza along with Jordan. 

Merz didn’t provide details of the plan after a meeting of his security Cabinet, but said his defense minister will consult with France and Britain, “which are also prepared to make available such an airlift for food and medical goods.” Jordan’s King Abdullah II is due to meet Merz in Berlin on Tuesday. 

Merz said Israel’s move to lift some aid restrictions is “an important first step” but “further ones must follow quickly.” He also stressed the need for a comprehensive ceasefire. 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that Spain will airdrop 12 tons of food aid into Gaza from Jordan later this week, via Spanish air force planes. 

Sanchez acknowledged this isn’t a solution to hunger, but hopes it offers “minimal relief” alongside aid from other nations. 

Spain’s government has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza and has repeatedly called for a ceasefire. 

On Sunday, 180 trucks carrying aid entered Gaza, according to the Israeli military body in charge of overseeing humanitarian aid.

As the death toll from two years of war in Gaza nears 60,000, a growing number of people are dying from starvation and malnutrition, Gaza health authorities say, with images of starving children shocking the world and fueling international criticism of Israel over sharply worsening conditions.

On Monday, the Gaza health ministry said at least 14 people had died in the past 24 hours of starvation and malnutrition, bringing the war's death toll from hunger to 147, including 88 children, most in just the last few weeks.