Qatar weaponizes Al-Jazeera to carry out Doha’s evil plan against Sudan’s new government

Emira Sherif

Qatar continues to pursue its malicious plans in Sudan, with the aim of imposing its influence and returning the Brotherhood to power in the country again. During the past few days, the Qatari media has intensified their attacks against the new government in Sudan, as Qatar seeks to use its media platforms to distort the image of Sudan’s government by promoting rumors that cause political crises.

According to Sudanese media, the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera has deliberately made false and corrupt news headlines recently, in addition to intensifying its campaign against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council.

According to observers, Qatar’s sharp position towards the transitional military council came after the removal of Awad bin Auf, a general affiliated with the Brotherhood in Sudan, whom Qatar had rushed to congratulate shortly after assuming leadership following the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir.

Earlier, Qatar’s Al-Jazeera published fake news about a meeting between Sudanese National Intelligence Director Salah Abdallah Gosh and Mossad officials to agree on his assumption of power in Sudan to succeed ousted President Omar al-Bashir.

The Qatari regime, which is known for its support for the Brotherhood through its television propaganda, seeks to thwart the consensus between the components of the Sudanese revolution and the former military council in an attempt to restore its allies to power.

According to reports, the Sudanese intelligence agency responded to the lies broadcast by Al-Jazeera about the meeting between Gosh and the head of Israel’s Mossad on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference held last month.

The agency stressed that the news is completely false and lacks professionalism and objectivity, demanding that the channel investigate and document its news before broadcasting, while several Qatari media have claimed that Burhan is working to escalate political matters in Yemen.

The Qatari media incitement and distortion campaign began with the fall of the ousted President Bashir on April 11, 2019. A military council led by Burhan took over and the Sudanese considered this escalation as interference in their country’s affairs.

Qatar is now devilishly scheming to gain the confidence of the new government in Sudan, but reality shows the opposite. Doha is seeking to impose its influence in the country and bring the Brotherhood back after Sudan began on August 21 a 39-month transitional period ending with elections, during which power is shared by both the army and the Forces of Freedom and Change, the leading popular revolutionary movement.

Last August, Doha opened a new page with the new rulers of Khartoum, when Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a congratulatory message to Burhan after a period of strained relations between the two countries.

The Qatari position came after years of frozen relations, with a dark point reached last June after Sudan recalled its ambassador to Qatar, Fatah al-Rahman Ali Mohammed.

Doha’s position came after it failed to undermine a political agreement between the revolutionaries and the military junta through its media campaign that analysts have described as inflammatory.

Qatar is seeking to destroy the new Sudanese regime, as the new leadership in Sudan rejects Qatar’s suspicious role in the country, which turned it into an oasis for Brotherhood fugitives during the era of Bashir’s rule.