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Al-Tufayli Says Hezbollah, FPM Are Corrupt Partners

Former Secretary General of Hezbollah Subhi al-Tufayli. Photo: His official Twitter account
Former Secretary General of Hezbollah Subhi al-Tufayli. Photo: His official Twitter account
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Al-Tufayli Says Hezbollah, FPM Are Corrupt Partners

Former Secretary General of Hezbollah Subhi al-Tufayli. Photo: His official Twitter account
Former Secretary General of Hezbollah Subhi al-Tufayli. Photo: His official Twitter account

The former Secretary General of Hezbollah, Subhi al-Tufayli, has slammed the party, accusing it of taking the Lebanese government “hostage.”

In remarks to the Central News Agency (Al Markazia) on Friday, Tufayli, who for years has opposed Hezbollah’s policies, said that the party is adopting “destructive” stances “to paralyze and disintegrate state institutions.”

He dubbed Hezbollah and its ally the Free Patriotic Movement, which has been founded by President Michel Aoun, as the “corrupt duo.”

“Taking the cabinet captive and preventing the state from functioning is part of (Hezbollah’s) destructive policy,” he said.

The cabinet formed in September has not met in more than two months amid a political row on the investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port blast.

Hezbollah wants the lead investigator, Judge Tareq Bitar, to step down.

“The country has been destroyed, the state has been lost and the people have gone hungry under the reign of the corrupt duo - Hezbollah and the FPM,” Tufayli said.

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Sudan's Military Accepts UN Proposal of a Weeklong Ceasefire in El Fasher for Aid Distribution

The wreckage of cars lie on the remains of the Shambat Bridge, which connects Omdurman and Bahri, on June 24, 2025 in the Sudanese capital region. (AFP)
The wreckage of cars lie on the remains of the Shambat Bridge, which connects Omdurman and Bahri, on June 24, 2025 in the Sudanese capital region. (AFP)
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Sudan's Military Accepts UN Proposal of a Weeklong Ceasefire in El Fasher for Aid Distribution

The wreckage of cars lie on the remains of the Shambat Bridge, which connects Omdurman and Bahri, on June 24, 2025 in the Sudanese capital region. (AFP)
The wreckage of cars lie on the remains of the Shambat Bridge, which connects Omdurman and Bahri, on June 24, 2025 in the Sudanese capital region. (AFP)

Sudan's military agreed to a proposal from the United Nations for a weeklong ceasefire in El Fasher to facilitate UN aid efforts to the area, the army said Friday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called Sudanese military leader Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and asked him for the humanitarian truce in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, to allow aid delivery.

Burhan agreed to the proposal and stressed the importance of implementing relevant UN Security Council resolutions, but it’s unknown whether the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces would agree and comply with the ceasefire.

“We are making contacts with both sides with that objective, and that was the fundamental reason for that phone contact. We have a dramatic situation in El Fasher,” Guterres told reporters on Friday.

No further details were revealed about the specifics of the ceasefire, including when it could go into effect.

Sudan plunged into war in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the Sudanese army and the rival RSF escalated into battles in the capital, Khartoum, and spread across the country, killing more than 20,000 people.

The war has also driven more than 14 million people from their homes and pushed parts of the country into famine. UNICEF said earlier this year that an estimated 61,800 children have been internally displaced since the war began.

Guterres said on Friday that a humanitarian truce is needed for effective aid distribution, and it must be agreed upon several days in advance to prepare for a large-scale delivery in the El Fasher area, which has seen repeated waves of violence recently.

El Fasher, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of Khartoum, is under the control of the military. The RSF has been trying to capture El Fasher for a year to solidify its control over the entire Darfur region. The paramilitary’s attempts included launching repeated attacks on the city and two major famine-stricken displacement camps on its outskirts.