Sudan paramilitaries kill 14 civilians fleeing besieged city: monitor

A woman prays by one of the makeshift graves of those buried in Khartoum's southern suburb of al-Azhari on August 2, 2025 when the area was under control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries, which will be exhumed for reburial in the local cemetery. (AFP)
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Updated 04 August 2025
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Sudan paramilitaries kill 14 civilians fleeing besieged city: monitor

KHARTOUM: Sudanese paramilitary fighters have killed at least 14 civilians trying to flee a besieged city in Darfur, a rights group said Monday, more than 27 months into their war against the army.
The Emergency Lawyers, which documents atrocities in the war between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army, said that “dozens more were injured and an unknown number of civilians detained” in the paramilitary attack on Saturday on the outskirts of El-Fasher city, in the western Darfur region.


New conference due in February to support Lebanese armed forces, says France

Updated 18 December 2025
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New conference due in February to support Lebanese armed forces, says France

  • Thursday’s talks in Paris were focused on how to show progress regarding the disarming of Hezbollah

PARIS: The political parties holding a meeting in Paris on Thursday all agreed to have a conference in February aimed at supporting the Lebanese armed forces, said a French foreign ministry spokesperson.
The spokesperson added that Thursday’s talks in Paris were focused on how to show progress regarding the disarming of Hezbollah.
French, Saudi Arabian and American officials were holding talks with the head of the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at finalizing a roadmap to enable a mechanism for the disarmament of the Hezbollah group.