Jubeir al-Sadiq, a senior figure in Sudan’s Islamist Al-Baraa militia, has threatened to hold the Sovereign Council “personally accountable” unless it issues a clear statement within 24 hours on the arrest of Musbah Abu Zeid Talha, commander of the Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade. Al-Sadiq accuses Alaeddin Mohamed Osman—an adviser to SAF chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan—of direct collusion with Egyptian security services in Talha’s detention in Alexandria earlier this week.
In a Facebook post, Al-Sadiq said Sudan’s embassy in Cairo “sat on its hands for hours” despite being alerted to the incident; Talha had reportedly met the Sudanese ambassador just seven hours before his arrest. Eyewitnesses claimed a Sudanese diplomatic vehicle escorted the car that whisked Talha away, fueling suspicions of a joint Sudanese-Egyptian operation.
Al-Sadiq further alleged that Osman recently issued veiled threats to other Islamist figures living in Egypt, warning that they could be seized if they continued political activity. He framed the episode as evidence of a widening rift between Sudan’s SAF-led junta and Islamist currents that once fought alongside it.
Egypt has transferred Talha’s case to the Supreme State Security Prosecution, maintaining strict secrecy over the charges. Egyptian security sources say the commander held talks with senior Islamist operatives and the Sudanese ambassador about purchasing military equipment for his brigade—activity Cairo sees as a potential threat to national security.
Talha’s mother has appealed publicly to Khartoum’s civilian and military leaders to secure her son’s release. A high-level Sovereign Council member is reportedly in “intensive contact” with Egyptian officials, according to Sudan Tribune. The episode comes as both Cairo and Khartoum tighten security amid regional turbulence, leaving analysts to warn that any perception of state complicity risks inflaming Islamist-military tensions inside Sudan.
