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Saudi Arabia's Conditions for Normalizing Relations With Israel

par Natasha Metni Torbey, 24/01 11:08 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The prospects for a new Abraham Accord between Saudi Arabia and Israel seem open today. While the Wahhabi Kingdom quietly nurtured relations with Tel Aviv for several years, particularly in the intelligence realm, it is true that the officialization of their rapprochement is vital for both countries. For this purpose, specific conditions are ...

In South Sudan, Sudanese Refugees Wait in Overcrowded Camps

par This Is Beirut, 20/02 13:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Since April 2023, a war is ravaging Sudan. Dozens of thousands have been killed, and millions displaced. In South Sudan, Sudanese refugees wait in overcrowded camps, hoping to go back to their homes one day. A new truck arrives in the South Sudanese town of Renk, packed with dozens of elderly men, women and children, their exhausted faces ...

War-Ravaged Sudan Witnesses Massive Fleeing

par This Is Beirut, 09/04 19:18 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Considered among the world's poorest countries, war-torn Sudan's already fragile infrastructure has pushed the country to the brink of famine, leading to a massive ongoing exodus from the country. One year since the conflict in Sudan erupted, thousands of desperate people are still fleeing the country daily "as if the emergency had started ...

Heavy Clashes in Sudan’s Darfur Between Army and Paramilitaries

par This Is Beirut, 12/05 18:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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At least 27 people were killed and 130 wounded on Friday in El Facher, Darfur, in clashes between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries, more than a year after the start of the war in Sudan, the UN reported on Sunday. Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El Fasher, killing ...

Rapid Support Forces Kill 144 Civilians in Sudan

par This Is Beirut, 07/06 12:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Pro-democracy activists in Sudan reported Friday that about 40 people were killed in "violent artillery fire" carried out the previous day by paramilitary forces on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city. "So far, the death toll is estimated at 40 civilians and there are more than 50 injured, some seriously," the Karari Resistance Committee said in a ...

UN: Child War Victims Spiked in 2023 Amid Gaza, Sudan Crises

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 10:33 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Violence against children in armed conflicts reached "extreme levels" in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday. The United Nations' annual "Children in Armed conflict" report placed the Sudanese army as well as the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the blacklist for "the killing ...

War and Climate Change Excacerbate Sudan's Water Crisis

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 09:49 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As the Sudanese civil war rages unabated, man-made devastation and the changing climate are exacerbating a dangerous water crisis. War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan to the shores of a water crisis. In the blistering sun, as temperatures climb past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), Issa's family -- along ...

Sudan One of World’s ‘Worst Crises’ in Decades, Warns MSF

par This Is Beirut, 20/06 17:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The ongoing civil war in Sudan has provoked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in decades, the international chief of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. War has raged for more than a year between the regular military under army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by ...

Sudan Stands at a Critical Juncture

par Rami Rayess, 26/06 07:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The Israeli war against the Gaza Strip and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict have overshadowed the events in Sudan, including the armed conflict that has been raging since April 2023. This is happening amidst international and Arab indifference towards resolving the rift between the two warring military factions: the official Sudanese army and the ...

US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 22:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had invited Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to start US-mediated negotiations beginning on August 14 in Switzerland. "The United States remains ...

Sudan: Bloodbath in El-Fasher as RSF Bombardment Intensifies

par This Is Beirut, 27/07 19:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Besieging Sudanese paramilitary forces pounded El-Fasher on Saturday, witnesses said, killing 22 people in Darfur's last city outside their control, according to a hospital source. El-Fasher has become a key battleground in the 15-month-long war pitting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the regular army. The battle for the ...

Sudan at "Breaking Point" Warns the UN

par This Is Beirut, 12/08 17:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sudan is at a catastrophic "breaking point," with tens of thousands of preventable deaths looming due to multiple crises, the United Nations' migration agency warned Monday. The International Organization for Migration said famine and floods were adding to a catalogue of challenges facing millions of people in the war-torn country, amid the ...

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