General Haftar unterstützt die RSF im Sudan

Längst ist der bewaffnete Konflikt im Sudan auch auf andere Länder übergesprungen. Ägypten etwa unterstützt das sudanesische Militär, während der libysche General Haftar, der eigentlich mit Ägypten verbündet ist seit langem ein wichtiger Verbündeter der Rapid Support Forces ist. Seine Hilfe geht weiter, wenn auch auf neuen Wegen:

International monitoring has pushed Khalifa Haftar into changing the routes his forces use to supply Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), local sources close to the eastern Libyan commander have told Middle East Eye. 

Politicians, analysts and intelligence sources from southern Libya confirmed to MEE that Haftar is involved in the supply of arms and fuel to the paramilitary group, which has been at war with the Sudanese army since 15 April. 

While pictures of shipments of weapons being transported from military bases in eastern Libya were published early in the conflict, the sources also revealed the names of airbases they said are now being used as launching points for cargo. 

In an exclusive interview, Saad Bou Shradah, a member of Libya’s state council from the country’s south, told MEE that Haftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) is flying military supplies from its territory to the Central African Republic, from where they are driven by car across the border into the Sudanese interior.

Sources inside Haftar's operation, who spoke anonymously because they are not authorised to talk to the media, confirmed this. Opposition sources in CAR have previously told MEE that the government there is working with the Wagner Group to supply the RSF. 

Der General steht schlecht da

Derweil sind Experten inzwischen skeptisch, ob General Burhan, Chef des sudanesischen Militär diesen Konflikt überstehen wird, wie Hamza Hendawi in einer längeren Analyse für The National ausführt:

Soon became clear that what Sudan was contending with was two power-hungry generals ready to fight to the bitter end to rule Sudan.

“Al Burhan was pushed by his Islamist allies to take an uncompromising stand on RSF integration. They thought the army can crush the RSF so that they can return to power,” said Rasha Awad, a Sudanese analyst known to be close to the country's traditional political parties, and the editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Al Taghyier.

“Now that the RSF has proved to be a formidable battlefield foe, Al Burhan's chances of leading a traditional military dictatorship have nearly vanished and the Islamists are even starting to blame him for the army's failures,” she said.

“Even some of his regional backers are thought to be having second thoughts about him.

“Al Burhan had a good opportunity to be remembered as a historical national leader had he taken the right decisions and agreed to wider reforms in the military and security agencies and not just entirely focus on a hurried assimilation of the RSF.”