Hamas says it has no investments in Sudan after assets seizure

Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The Islamic resistance movement of Hamas has denied it has any investments in Sudan after authorities said they seized assets linked to the movement.

Mousa abu Marzook, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau, said that what was reported is old, and it has nothing to do with the movement, adding that such reports “as a whole has no origin at this time.”

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told AFP that the movement “have no problems with any Sudanese agency.”

The denial comes as a source at the center of a committee to recover public funds after the ouster of autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir told AFP that the seized entities include: property firm Hassan & Al-Abed; the Al-Bidaya agricultural project; the highrise Paradise Hotel; Al-Fayha money transfer company.

“The committee seized businesses linked to Hamas,” the source says.

A task force member, speaking on condition of anonymity, also told Ruters that Hamas got “preferential treatment in tenders, tax forgiveness, and they were allowed to transfer to Hamas and Gaza with no limits.”

The takeover of at least a dozen companies that officials say were linked to Hamas has helped accelerate Sudan’s realignment with the West since Bashir’s overthrow in 2019, reported Reuters.

Contacted by Reuters, Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri denied the group had investments in Sudan, but acknowledged an impact from Sudan’s political shift: “Unfortunately, there were several measures that weakened the presence of the movement (Hamas) in the country (Sudan) and limited political ties with it,” he said.

Last year, Sudan was the fouth country to normalize ties with the occupation state of ‘Israel’, following the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, under the Abraham Accords, a pact brokered by the United States.

A former U.S. diplomat who worked on Sudan under the Trump administration told Reuters that shutting down the Hamas network was a focus in negotiations with Khartoum. “We were pushing on an open door,” he said.

The United States gave Sudan a list of companies to shut down, according to one Sudanese source and the Western intelligence source. The State Department declined to comment.

Related Articles

Back to top button