"Libya Observer" newspaper quoted an informed source as saying that the UAE has requested the commander of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, Muhammad Hamdan Hamidati, to urgently send 1,200 fighters to Libya, to support the attack of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli.

According to the source, Hamidati promised to fulfill the Emirati request despite internal opposition, after threats from the UAE government to cut financial aid.

Hamidati has already begun sending his fighters to Libya via Eritrea to avoid direct confrontation with opposition officers.

Hundreds of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters have already been deployed to Sirte to join the fighting on the front of the town of Bogren, as Haftar and his supporters try to capture the town and approach Misrata to be within the range of their missiles.

RSF fighters have also been deployed to the oil-producing Crescent to protect oil terminals, while hundreds of others have been deployed on the fronts south of Tripoli.

According to the source, Sudanese army officers reject the unilateral actions by Hamidati that might place Sudan in legal trouble.

The source quoted the officers as saying that Hamidati was losing control of the fighters deployed in Libya after the killing of many of them.

Recruitment of mercenaries
Al-Jazeera has previously disclosed documents proving that Sudan used its airspace to transport hundreds of mercenaries recruited by Hamidati to Libya.

The United Nations Group of Experts on Sudan reported earlier this year that Darfur fighters are fighting for Haftar forces in Libya as mercenaries, in their pursuit of strengthening their military strength by earning money and weapons through Libya.

And it has been revealed that the UAE has recruited Sudanese citizens as mercenaries fighting in Libya and Yemen, through the Black Shield Company, which has detained hundreds of Sudanese citizens by offering jobs in the Emirates as security guards for hospitals and shopping centers, but in the end they ended up fighting in Libya.