Sudanese army retreats from Libyan border after alleging Haftar attack

Update Sudanese army retreats from Libyan border after alleging Haftar attack
FILE PHOTO: Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar attends a carnival to celebrate Eid El Fitr in a public square in Benghazi, Libya April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo
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Updated 11 June 2025

Sudanese army retreats from Libyan border after alleging Haftar attack

Sudanese army retreats from Libyan border after alleging Haftar attack
  • Haftar forces denied involvement in the attack and accused a force affiliated with the Sudanese armed forces of attacking a military patrol
  • The war between Sudan’s army and the RSF has drawn in multiple foreign countries

DUBAI:  The Sudanese army retreated from the Libya-Egypt-Sudan border triangle area, it said on Wednesday, a day after it accused forces loyal to eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of an attack alongside the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Sudanese soldiers, largely from former rebel groups aligned with the army, had patrolled the area. Sudan’s military, which is fighting against the RSF in a civil war, accuses the RSF and Haftar’s forces of using the corridor for weapons deliveries. The area is close to the city of Al-Fashir, one of the war’s main frontlines.
“As part of its defensive arrangements to repel aggression, our forces today evacuated the triangle area,” the Sudanese army said in a statement without elaborating.
Late on Tuesday, Haftar’s forces had denied participating in a cross-border attack, saying forces allied to the Sudanese army had attacked Libyan patrols.
Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates, one of Haftar’s backers, of being behind the weapons deliveries, which the UAE denies. Egypt, a close ally of the Sudanese army, also backs Haftar. 


Trump to meet Syrian president at White House on Nov. 10

Trump to meet Syrian president at White House on Nov. 10
Updated 52 min 4 sec ago

Trump to meet Syrian president at White House on Nov. 10

Trump to meet Syrian president at White House on Nov. 10
  • Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says there has been 'good progress' in Syria since Trump lifted sanctions

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump plans to meet with Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday at a press briefing.
Since seizing power from Bashar Assad last December, Al-Sharaa has made a series of foreign trips as his transitional government seeks to re-establish Syria’s ties with world powers that had shunned Damascus during Assad’s rule.
Trump has sought good relations with Al-Sharaa. In June he revoked most US sanctions against Syria, and Trump met with the Syrian leader when he visited last May.
“When the president was in the Middle East, he made the historic decision to lift sanctions on Syria to give them a real chance at peace and I think the administration, we’ve seen good progress on that front under their new leadership,” she said.