KHARTOUM -- A political coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Saturday the formation of a parallel government in Sudan, raising concerns about further division of a country already torn by more than two years of civil conflict.
"The leadership body of the Sudan Founding Alliance has agreed to appoint Mohamed Hassan Al-Taishi as Prime Minister of the Peace Government," Alaa El Din Nugud, the alliance's spokesperson, said in a televised statement broadcast via Telegram. (Sudan-RSF-Parallel Gov't)
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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- Airdrops of humanitarian aid resumed over various locations in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday evening as humanitarian conditions in the enclave continued to deteriorate, according to Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses.
Local sources told Xinhua that several boxes containing flour, sugar and canned goods were dropped by parachute over the Sudaniya area in northern Gaza. (Gaza-Airdrops-Resumption)
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JERUSALEM/BEIRUT -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it killed a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Saturday.
The IDF said in a statement that its aircraft struck and killed Ali Abd al-Qader Ismail, a commander in the headquarters of the Bint Jbeil sector of Hezbollah. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Hezbollah Casualty)
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TEHRAN -- At least nine people were killed, including six civilians and three gunmen, and 22 others injured in a "terror" attack Saturday morning on the building of the justice department in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan, capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
The attack has been claimed by Jaish al-Zulm, designated by Iran as a terrorist group, the report said. (Iran-Attack-Casualties) ■
