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Palestinian Authority Urges Sudan to Hand Over Hamas’s Seized Assets

The Palestinian Authority says the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to receive the confiscated Hamas assets in Sudan. (AFP)
The Palestinian Authority says the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to receive the confiscated Hamas assets in Sudan. (AFP)
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Palestinian Authority Urges Sudan to Hand Over Hamas’s Seized Assets

The Palestinian Authority says the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to receive the confiscated Hamas assets in Sudan. (AFP)
The Palestinian Authority says the besieged residents of the Gaza Strip deserve to receive the confiscated Hamas assets in Sudan. (AFP)

The Palestinian Authority urged Sudan’s government on Saturday to hand over assets it has seized as part of a crackdown targeting Sudan-based operations to fund the Hamas group.

“We hope that the state of Sudan, which has always been a supporter of Palestine, to hand over the movable and immovable funds that were confiscated to the State of Palestine and its government,” Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official close to President Mahmoud Abbas, wrote on Twitter.

Senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk dismissed his comments.

He alleged that the recent thwarted coup in Sudan was part of an internal conflict aimed at winning American support to the civilian component of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s government against the military.

“It is a cheap game in which Hamas’ name was dragged into,” he added, demanding that Sudan amend its position towards the movement.

Earlier this week, Sudanese authorities announced they had seized lucrative assets that for years provided backing for Hamas, shedding light on how the country served as a haven for the group under ousted leader Omar al-Bashir.

These assets include real estate, company shares, a hotel in a prime Khartoum location, an exchange bureau, a TV station and more than a million acres of farmland.

The takeover of at least a dozen companies that officials say were linked to Hamas has helped accelerate Sudan’s realignment with the West since Bashir’s overthrow in 2019.

Sudan became a center for money laundering and terrorism financing, said Wagdi Salih, a leading member of the task force - the Committee to Dismantle the June 30, 1989 Regime and Retrieve Public Funds.

The regime was “a big cover, a big umbrella, internally and externally,” he said.

“They (Hamas-linked companies) got preferential treatment in tenders, tax forgiveness, and they were allowed to transfer to Hamas and Gaza with no limits,” said a task force member, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Hamas denied having links to companies and individuals targeted by Sudan’s crackdown, saying the seized assets belonged to Palestinian investors and businesses.

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Sudan’s Paramilitary Unleashes Drones on Key Targets in Port Sudan

Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Sudan’s Paramilitary Unleashes Drones on Key Targets in Port Sudan

Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Sudan’s paramilitary unleashed drones on the Red Sea city of Port Sudan early Tuesday, hitting key targets there, including the airport, the port and a hotel, military officials said. The barrage was the second such attack this week on a city that had been a hub for people fleeing Sudan's two-year war.

There was no immediate word on casualties or the extent of damage. Local media reported loud sounds of explosions and fires at the port and the airport. Footage circulating online showed thick smoke rising over the area.

The attack on Port Sudan, which also serves as an interim seat for Sudan's military-allied government, underscores that after two years of fighting, the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are still capable of threatening each other’s territory.

The RSF drones struck early in the morning, said two Sudanese military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Abdel-Rahman al-Nour, a Port Sudan resident, said he woke up to strong explosions, and saw fires and plumes of black smoke rising over the port. Msha’ashir Ahmed, a local journalist living in Port Sudan, said fires were still burning late Tuesday morning in the southern vicinity of the maritime port.

The RSF did not release any statements on the attack. On Sunday, the paramilitary force struck Port Sudan for the first time in the war, disrupting air traffic in the city’s airport, which has been the main entry point for the county in the last two years.

A military ammunition warehouse in the Othman Daqna airbase in the city was also hit, setting off a fire that burned for two days.

When the fighting in Sudan broke out, the focus of the battles initially was the country's capital, Khartoum, which turned into a war zone. Within weeks, Port Sudan, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) to the east of Khartoum, turned into a safe haven for the displaced and those fleeing the war. Many aid missions and UN agencies moved their offices there.

The attacks on Port Sudan are also seen as retaliation after the Sudanese military earlier this month struck the Nyala airport in South Darfur, which the paramilitary RSF has turned into a base and where it gets shipments of arms, including drones.