Did the "popular resistance" contribute to tipping the balance in favor of the Sudanese army?

Al Jazeera Net sources confirm that the popular forces are fighting with the authorities and under its (French) leadership.

The Sudanese army has made progress at the expense of the Rapid Support, in recent weeks, especially in Omdurman, and repelled repeated attacks in the states of West and South Kordofan. The popular mobilization campaign has escalated, with more than 200,000 fighters in the states of Kordofan, the center, the east, and the north of the country. Observers believe that “the resistance "The Popular Popularity" tipped the balance in favor of the army after it received influential military support and a great morale boost.

Weeks after the outbreak of fighting in Khartoum in mid-April, the Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigades and its Islamist mainstay became involved in the war alongside the army, especially in the armored corps in southern Khartoum, before it developed into a brigade led by Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha.

The official spokesman for the Popular Resistance, Ammar Hassan, explains that a wide spectrum of Sudanese people, regardless of their political, ethnic and geographical affiliation, supports the armed forces morally, materially and militarily.

He explained in a statement to Al Jazeera Net that several formations of the Mujahideen, the majority of whom were Islamists, had been fighting alongside the army since the first day of the battle, most notably the “Al-Baraa bin Malik” brigades, the “Pilots”, the “Lightning Lightning”, the “Tourists” and other brigades with previous experience in combat. Fighting with the armed forces in the South Sudan War.

Commander of the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade (left) (Communication sites)

In addition to the army

Abdullah, an activist in the Al-Baraa Brigade, says that they are an extension of the experience of the Popular Defense Forces, which was established by the regime of deposed President Omar Al-Bashir shortly after he came to power through a military coup in June 1989, before dissolving it and changing its name to the Reserve Forces in 2020.

In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, "Abdullah" believes that they formed an addition to the army, and under his command, they were able to achieve remarkable military gains, and repelled more than 40 attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on the headquarters of the Armored Corps, causing about 15,000 deaths.

He explains that their fighters, some of whom had military experience in South Sudan, have been fighting battles in Omdurman since last June and are still there until the “rebel militia” was expelled from the radio and television headquarters 3 days ago, and their leader Al-Misbah was one of the first to enter the headquarters with the army leaders.

The same spokesman adds that their presence is not in Khartoum, but in several states, and they also participate in the special forces after receiving advanced training during previous periods, in addition to their activity in technical and engineering aspects related to the ongoing battles.

Military expert, retired Major General Mazen Ismail, believes that the mobilized and the popular resistance are the fourth side of the resistance fund, whose sides represent the three regular forces, “the army, the police, and general intelligence.”

According to what the military expert told Al Jazeera, the military units in the capital are specialized technical units or administrative units (armor units, engineers, ammunition, the Kadro Institute, etc.) and do not have an infantry strike force, and their steadfastness during the war depended to a large extent on the volunteers who joined these units. Of the mobilized and the popular resistance.

The spokesman for the Popular Resistance in Sudan, Ammar Hassan, confirmed that their fighters received training on various weapons (Al Jazeera)

National contribution

The official spokesman for the Popular Resistance, Ammar Hassan, explains that the popular factions are fighting with the armed forces with their weapons and under their command and leadership, and according to the field estimates they see, and they do not have a special weapon or a separate military command.

He goes on to say that their fighters received training on various weapons, both light and heavy, and the combat capabilities and technical skills of their fighters were developed, enabling them to deal with modern weapons and marches. Their motivation is effective national contribution to confronting the Rapid Support rebellion and reducing its crimes against the Sudanese people, and they have no intention of making money. politically or achieve any other gain.

It confirms the participation of a sector of Sudanese youth who are not politically affiliated. The popular resistance was armed with the armed forces in the states of Sennar, Al-Jazira, Al-Gadarif, Kassala, the Nile River, the North and the White Nile according to precise control rules. The resistance contributed to limiting the expansion of the “rebel militia” in the states of Sennar, the White Nile and part of the Al-Jazira state. .

In front of the Sudanese Radio headquarters (communication sites)

Kordofan experience

In the state of West Kordofan, which borders the Darfur region and South Sudan, 6,000 youth from 6 localities in the state formed “reserve forces” and were distributed into “companies,” “battalions,” and “platoons.”

Abu Qajah told Al Jazeera Net that they work under the command of the armed forces to defend money, land and honor, protect their areas from rapid support, and were able to secure their homes from the chaos spread by the "rebel militia."

It was revealed that during the previous period, the reserve forces in West Kordofan arrested dozens of “militia” members, including foreigners, who were crossing their areas on the way to North Darfur.

They also evacuated, in cooperation with the army, the work of 193 engineers and employees of oil field companies operating in the state of West Kordofan, following the “militia” attack on the Balila, Abu Sufyan, Zarqa and Um Hadid oil fields, and the last battle in Umm Samima ended with the killing of more than 20 “militia” members and the capture of others.

For his part, security expert Salah Al-Samani believes that the involvement of Al-Shabaab fighters and former Popular Defense Forces members in the first weeks of the war was based on a political premise behind which there were Islamic and nationalist movements that believed that supporting the military establishment would protect the country from collapse and disintegration and the implementation of a foreign project targeting them through the Rapid Support Forces.

In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, the expert believes that the Rapid Support Forces’ control of Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazeera State, in mid-December, and the widespread violations they committed incited citizens in the safe states and pushed them to join the “popular resistance” to protect themselves and their property, and contributed to the expansion of armament and training until Exceeded 200 thousand fighters.

The same speaker warns that armed resistance is a legitimate act, but it “legitimizes the carrying of weapons” and its widespread spread - regardless of the controls on its distribution - which threatens security after the end of the war, and could turn into a “political weapon” in the face of opponents or in resolving tribal disputes.

Source: Al Jazeera