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Egypt, UAE Discuss Military Cooperation

Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
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Egypt, UAE Discuss Military Cooperation

Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)
Egypt’s Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in Cairo on Tuesday. (Egyptian military spokesman)

UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi met with Egyptian Defense Minister General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki on the sidelines of the 2nd edition of Egypt International Defense and Security Exhibition Tuesday.

They discussed international and regional developments and ways to enhance defense and military cooperation.

Bowardi hailed the highly-organization exhibition, which is a major military forum in the Middle East. He emphasized the deeply rooted and historic ties between the two fraternal countries.

Also during the event, Egyptian Chief of Staff Osama Askar met with his Saudi counterpart General Staff Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwaili, Chief of Staff of the Algerian People's National Army Said Chengriha, and Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Salem bin Hamad bin Mohammed bin Aqeel al Nabit

The officials discussed means to strengthen military and security fields, as well as future cooperation in various fields,

EDEX 2021 kicked off on Monday at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in New Cairo. It continues until December 2.

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Sudan Army Says Retakes Khartoum-Area Market from RSF

A burned military vehicle sits at Khartoum international airport a day after it was recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP)
A burned military vehicle sits at Khartoum international airport a day after it was recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP)
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Sudan Army Says Retakes Khartoum-Area Market from RSF

A burned military vehicle sits at Khartoum international airport a day after it was recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP)
A burned military vehicle sits at Khartoum international airport a day after it was recaptured from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP)

The Sudanese army said on Saturday it had taken control of a major market in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, long used by its rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a staging ground for attacks.

It is the latest conquest in the army's major offensive this month to wrest back control of the entire capital region, which includes Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri -- three cities split by branches of the River Nile.

The blitz saw the army recapture the presidential palace on March 21, followed by the war-damaged airport and other key sites in the city center.

In a statement, army spokesman Nabil Abdullah said forces extended "their control over Souq Libya in Omdurman" and seized "weapons and equipment left behind by" the RSF as they fled.

Souq Libya, one of the largest and busiest in the Khartoum area, had for months been an RSF stronghold and a launchpad for attacks on northern and central Omdurman since the war with the army began on April 15, 2023.

While the army already controls much of Omdurman, the RSF still holds ground in the city's west, particularly in Ombada district.

Late Thursday, the military spokesman said that the army had "cleansed" Khartoum itself from "the last pockets" of the RSF.

Sudan's war began almost two years ago during a power struggle between the army and the RSF, a paramilitary force that was once its ally.

Khartoum has seen more than 3.5 million of its people flee since the war began, according to the United Nations. Millions more, unable or unwilling to leave, live among abandoned buildings, wrecked vehicles and what the army says are hidden mass graves.

The war has carved Sudan in two: the army holds sway in the east and north while the RSF controls most of Darfur in the west, and parts of the south.