Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is visiting Sudan

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas, arrived yesterday in Sudan for a one-week visit. Hassan El-Tobabi, the head of the Sudanese national conference, received Sheikh Yassin at the airport.

Sheikh Yassin expressed his satisfaction over visiting Sudan and said that Khartoum was able to establish an Islamic country that "defies the forces of international suppression."