Deceptive Congratulations

By: Rashid Abdel Rahim
In a move that appeared strange and unexpected, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno sent a congratulatory message to President Al-Burhan on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.
This deceptive message did not achieve its intended goal of being perceived as a gesture of peace or a sign of a shift in the external military stance toward Sudan. Instead, it resembled the pattern of actions taken by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their international backers—an attempt to distract Sudan with lies from those accustomed to crude misinformation, which no one is fooled by anymore.
Immediately afterwards, Salafist forces, the “Ways of Peace” battalion affiliated with Haftar, and the “Desert Scorpions” battalion linked to the rebellion launched an attack on the Sudanese border in the triangle area between Sudan, Egypt, and Libya.
The rapprochement between the rebels and Haftar began with futile attempts to infiltrate deep into Sudan through non-military means, notably via civil activities. One such step was an attempt to penetrate Sudanese society through sports, culminating in Haftar’s son, Sadiq, being appointed honorary president of the Al-Merrikh Football Club.
These infiltration attempts from Libya were exposed when several Libyans from Haftar’s forces were captured in battles in North Darfur.
Powerful air strikes swiftly crushed the failed attacks from the triangle border area.
Haftar’s open military involvement came after the rebellion had suffered heavy blows, having been expelled from central and northern Sudan, as well as from the capital, Khartoum. Thousands of its fighters and dozens of commanders perished in battle, and it failed to capture El Fasher.
Attempts by RSF planners to establish a military base in Nyala for resupplying equipment—including drones and foreign experts—were all foiled by air strikes.
Efforts to build military bases in South Sudan failed due to the weakness of southern forces, and similar endeavours stumbled in the Central African Republic and Niger following regime changes in both countries.
Foreign attempts to seize power in Sudan through the collapsed and disoriented RSF have also failed. Their desperate efforts to mobilise additional fighters by terrorising Arab tribal leaders in Darfur, luring youth with money, and recruiting child soldiers have proven ineffective.
The rebellion cannot stand against the Armed Forces, the Joint Forces, the Homeland Shield, the Al-Bara’a Brigade, or the Special Forces. It lacks adequate manpower and relies on commanders who have fled the battle. The advance of our heroic forces will not stop until Ed Daein and Nyala are liberated, and Sudan is cleansed of the rebellion and its foreign supporters.

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