US Urged to End Arms Sales to UAE as It Backs Genocidal Paramilitary in Sudan

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The US has provided the UAE with billions of dollars’ worth of weapons, even as it’s funneled weapons into Sudan.

By Sharon Zhang , Truthout
Published October 30, 2025

Calls are growing for the U.S. to end arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after reports of horrific slaughter in Sudan this week by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

On Sunday, the paramilitary force took control of el-Fasher, which was the Sudan Armed Forces’s (SAF) last major outpost in Darfur. The forces stormed the city, displacing tens of thousands and killing an estimated 2,000 people in door-to-door killings, executions, and a massacre at the Saudi Maternity Hospital.

The slaughter of civilians comes on the backdrop of what is already the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe amid the country’s bloody civil war, which has displaced 13 million people and killed tens of thousands.

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Van Hollen introduced legislation in March, alongside Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California), that would prohibit the sale of certain weapons until the president certifies that the country is no longer supplying the RSF. This followed a briefing from the Biden administration that confirmed the UAE’s transfers to the paramilitary force.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-urged-to-end-arms-sales-to-uae-as-it-backs-genocidal-paramilitary-in-sudan/

Academics condemn alleged civilian massacre in el-Fasher
Wagdy Sawahel 30 October 2025
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The alliance, in a statement released on 27 October, condemned crimes committed against civilians.

“We demand an immediate, independent international investigation to uncover those responsible for the crimes of killing, extermination, starvation, trafficking the lives of civilians, and schemes to tear apart and fragment the nation.
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20251029161355137


Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student ...
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3 days ago — Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab has released evidence showing the Rapid Support Forces have begun mass killings following their capture