ANKARA: A son of Sudan’s army chief and de-facto leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has been seriously injured in a road accident in Turkiye, a local media report said.
Mohammed Fattah Al-Burhan Rahmane was riding his motorbike in Turkiye’s capital, Ankara, when he collided on Thursday with a utility vehicle and was thrown several meters off his bike, DHA news agency reported.
He was transferred to a hospital where he was admitted to intensive care, the report added.
The Sudanese embassy in Ankara did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since April, Burhan has been at war with his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The two generals fell out after a joint 2021 military coup that derailed Sudan’s fragile democratic transition.
The war has killed tens of thousands, including up to 15,000 in a single West Darfur town, according to United Nations experts.
It has also decimated the economy, destroyed infrastructure and forced over eight million people from their homes, according to UN figures.
Sudan army chief’s son injured in road crash: Turkish media
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Sudan army chief’s son injured in road crash: Turkish media
- Mohammed Fattah Al-Burhan Rahmane was riding his motorbike in Ankara when he collided with a utility vehicle
- He was transferred to a hospital where he was admitted to intensive care
Syria’s anti-Daesh coalition role a ‘new chapter,’ US envoy says
- US Envoy Tom Barrack praises Syria’s first attendance at coalition meeting in Riyadh
- Syrian government joined the military alliance against the extremists in November
LONDON: Syria’s involvement in the international coalition against Daesh extremists marks a “new chapter” in global security, the US envoy to the country said Tuesday.
Syria’s foreign and intelligence ministers joined a coalition meeting for the first time in Riyadh on Monday, three months after the country’s new rulers announced it had joined the group.
Daesh emerged out of the chaos of the Syrian civil war, seizing a vast tract of territory in the country’s east and across large areas of Iraq in 2014.
The extremist group imposed brutal rule over the areas it controlled and plotted terrorist attacks around the world, before the US-led coalition helped defeat them.
President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, who led opposition forces to victory against Bashar Assad more than a year ago, has offered his support to global efforts to counter the group.
“Regional solutions, shared responsibility. Syria’s participation in the D-ISIS Coalition meeting in Riyadh marks a new chapter in collective security,” US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said in a post on X, using an acronym to refer to Daesh.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani described the meeting of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh as “constructive and fruitful,” adding that supporting Syria was a “shared responsibility to enhance security and stability.”
In a statement after the Saudi-hosted meeting, the coalition said it noted Syria’s intention to “assume national leadership of counter-Daesh efforts.”
