Sudan’s RSF Storms El-Fasher After UAE Shuts Down Talks On City – Middle East Eye

October 27, 2025 TheMcgwire

Sudan’s RSF Storms El-Fasher After UAE Shuts Down Talks On City

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has stormed the North Darfur city of el-Fasher, prompting fears of widespread killings and abuses, hours after ceasefire negotiations in Washington collapsed.

There were hopes late last week that the US -sponsored talks could achieve some sort of breakthrough.

However, sources told Middle East Eye that the UAE , which is the RSF’s most significant patron, refused to address the situation in el-Fasher, which has been under siege for over 500 days.

On Sunday morning, RSF fighters entered the city, where around 260,000 people have been trapped, seizing an army base and causing the defences to collapse.

The RSF claims it is in control of the city, describing its capture as a “decisive turning point”, after the paramilitaries had lost significant ground to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in recent months.

So far, the SAF and its allied Joint Forces have not commented on the developments, despite videos emerging that purport to show the RSF detaining and lashing people in and around el-Fasher.

One video, which Middle East Eye was not able to independently verify, appeared to show fighters forcing some detained people to praise RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, before opening fire on them.

Others, which MEE has also been unable to verify, seem to depict RSF fighters firing on fleeing civilians…

Contact with people in el-Fasher has become very difficult, with people in the city only able to communicate to the outside through Starlink over recent months.

However, MEE was able to reach military sources, local fighters and activists in the city’s pro-democracy Popular Resistance Committee, who said they are still fighting and that el-Fasher’s defenders made a tactical retreat from the Sixth Infantry garrison.

One of the fighters told MEE that the RSF attacked on Sunday with more ferocity than in any previous assault.

“Serious fighting has erupted in el-Fasher in the past few days, with all kinds of weapons used – both sides using drones especially,” said the fighter, who is not being identified for security reasons.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Middle East Eye

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