Rapid Support Forces

April 1, 2025 | Mariam Wahba |

Sudanese Armed Forces retake Khartoum from Rapid Support Forces

After more than 23 months of brutal civil war, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have retaken Sudan’s capital of Khartoum from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force largely comprised of...

March 21, 2025 | Mariam Wahba, Rebecca Goldsmith

SAF Capture the Presidential Palace, Shaking RSF’s Stronghold

Mohamed Dagalo — the Sudanese rebel leader also known as ‘Hemedti’ — recently appeared in a video urging his soldiers not to surrender the presidential palace in Khartoum. Now, Sudanese...

March 15, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

Is Turkey Playing Both Sides of Sudan’s Civil War?

Ankara’s involvement in Sudan indicates its foreign policy is bereft of any values and willing to ignore sanctions intended to deter continued bloodshed.

March 4, 2025 | Mariam Wahba |

Sudan’s Civil War Edges Toward a Stalemate as RSF Rebels Establish Separatist Governing Authority

After more than 22 months of brutal civil war, Sudan appears to be heading toward a stalemate. Recent gains by the government’s Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have yet to secure a decisive victory, while...

February 5, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

US, UAE conducting airstrikes in northern Somalia

On February 1, the United States launched at least six airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Somalia’s semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland in support of that region’s current military...

January 24, 2025 | Caleb Weiss |

Islamic State calls for jihad in Sudan

“Sudan is forgotten!” reads the headline of the editorial in this week’s Al Naba newsletter, the Islamic State’s weekly publication highlighting its global activities. In the commentary, the terrorist...

January 10, 2025 | Mariam Wahba |

State Department Calls Out Genocide in Sudan, Heightening Urgency for U.S. Strategy Change

In the most significant U.S. statement on Sudan since the country’s renewed civil war broke out in 2023, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared on January 7 that members of the Rapid Support Forces...

January 10, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

A fake genocide meets a real one

The obsession with Jews and Israel diverts column inches and airtime away from humanitarian crises that are far more dire than Gaza and far more intractable.

January 8, 2025 | |

‘Systematic Murder’: Biden Administration Calls Out Genocide in Sudan

RSF Murders and Rapes Non-Arab Civilians: The State Department on January 7 accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliated Arab militias in Sudan of committing genocide...

August 13, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Janatan Sayeh

Iran is Creeping into the International Arms Market

Almost overnight, Iran has positioned itself as a weapons exporter to rogue regimes around the world.

September 6, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Imperialism returns to Africa

The new colonialists are Chinese, Russian, and Islamist

May 24, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Militias are a symptom, not a cure

Armed militias, wherever they operate, break existing systems, but like ruling regimes before them, typically fail to offer anything new or better.