Drop Site(@DropSiteNews):🇸🇩 A commander in Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced Thursday that he was defecting with 300 officers and soldiers and 30 combat vehicles, Al Arabiya reported. In a video statement, Lt. Col. Mohammed Azraq al-Fanjari, who led the RSF's Special Tasks Group, called the conflict "a war without a cause and without a future." He distanced himself from abuses against civilians, apologized to families harmed in the war and urged other RSF members to rally behind the Sudanese army, according to Anadolu Agency. The RSF has not commented. His announcement is the latest in a string of RSF defections to the army this year as the war enters its fourth year.

2026.10.08 17:33

🇸🇩 A commander in Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced Thursday that he was defecting with 300 officers and soldiers and 30 combat vehicles, Al Arabiya reported. In a video statement, Lt. Col. Mohammed Azraq al-Fanjari, who led the RSF's Special Tasks Group, called the conflict "a war without a cause and without a future." He distanced himself from abuses against civilians, apologized to families harmed in the war and urged other RSF members to rally behind the Sudanese army, according to Anadolu Agency. The RSF has not commented. His announcement is the latest in a string of RSF defections to the army this year as the war enters its fourth year.

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