WASHINGTON: US military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year, the Pentagon said Wednesday.Ĭolin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told reporters that the US airstrikes overnight on facilities used by militias backed by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard demonstrated that “the United States will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs.” “For the last 10 days we’ve been working day and night to stop the flows,” said Yaseen Abdalla, 35, standing knee-deep in water. Some members of the army engineering corps were seen trying to clear the main road, but locals said they had been struggling to divert water back into irrigation ditches mostly on their own. Trucks carrying aid from Qatar and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces could be seen waiting for roads to clear. Sudan’s sovereign council head Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Sunday said the government would provide the necessary assistance to Al Managil, including clearing ditches, fixing the main road to the area and providing compensation. “The government hasn’t offered any assistance.” “Any aid, shelter or transportation is happening through the local volunteer effort,” said local leader Altayib Abdallah. Residents said they had limited access to drinking water or food, with most assistance cut off by water 2 metres (6.5 feet) deep in some places. At least 3,000 people had sought shelter in makeshift camps. In Al Managil, a farming area about 150 km (90 miles) south of the capital Khartoum and lined with overflowing irrigation ditches, Sudanese Red Crescent official Jamal Mustafa said more than 100 villages had been cut off and 10,000 homes had been damaged or collapsed. Authorities say 89 people have died and about 50,000 homes have been damaged.īy the end of the rainy season, which typically continues in September, the United Nations expects at least 460,000 people to have been hit, a higher number than most previous years, due to heavier rain as well as lack of mitigation. Nationwide, more than 150,000 people have been affected by flooding so far this year, double the number at the same stage of last year’s rainy season, the United Nations says. We have no shelter and we’ve lost all our property.” “Five families lived here and now it’s destroyed. “We’ve lost everything,” said 29-year-old Butheyna Alhadi, speaking to Reuters amid the ruins of her family home. Other civilian factions have been more amenable to negotiations, seeing them as a necessary stepping stone to democratic rule.ĪL-MANAGIL, Sudan: After annual rains that have left dozens dead in Sudan, thousands of people in the farming town of Al Managil and surrounding villages have lost homes and property in what they say is the worst flooding in a decade. Key civilian leaders dismissed his move as a “ruse,” and pro-democracy protesters have held fast to their rallying cry that there can be “no negotiation, no partnership” with the military. Al-Burhan pledged in a televised address to step aside and make way for Sudanese factions to agree on a civilian government. The strength of the pro-democracy movement has ebbed and flowed since the coup, most recently rocked by a surprise announcement on July 4, when Gen. Pro-democracy activists have long accused Sudan’s military and ex-rebel leaders who signed a 2020 peace deal of exacerbating ethnic tensions for political gain. The military council has “turned a blind eye” to tribal violence, Ali said, “because these problems allow it to stay in power.” Protester Mohammed Ali said on Sunday that he was demonstrating for “one unified nation.” On July 11, tribal clashes over a land dispute erupted in southern Blue Nile state, leaving at least 105 people dead and 291 wounded, and sparking protests demanding justice and calls for coexistence. Protester Mohammed Ali said that he was demonstrating for ‘one unified nation.’
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