Overview
- Senior U.S. advisor Masad Boulos said Washington and Quartet partners expect both the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to accept an unconditional humanitarian pause and full, unhindered aid access.
- Unconfirmed local reports of Defense Minister Hassan Daoud Kabroun’s resignation and his absence from a key security meeting, alongside a press briefing mix-up by Sudan’s foreign minister, underscored turmoil within the Port Sudan leadership.
- The Security and Defense Council tasked a designated body to respond to the Quartet paper after Gen. Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan’s recent rejection, as Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo maintained a unilateral three‑month humanitarian pause.
- UAE official Anwar Gargash denied any Emirati arms transfers to Sudan’s belligerents and cited roughly 162 UAE aid flights to the country, reiterating support for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and a civilian-led transition.
- Regional diplomacy and security developments continued as Cairo talks weighed a proposal for Hamas fighters to temporarily retain only light arms before handover, Guinea‑Bissau’s military declared control and detained the president, and Lebanon signed an EEZ deal with Cyprus while Israel reported killing a 2024 Nablus attack suspect.