Sudanese Armed Forces
- Type
- Foreign state army
- Also referred to as
- SAF
Designations used by other parties appear here, never as the actor's name.
Events involving this actor, by year
13 events
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Most recent events
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Sudan's armed forces rejected as baseless the Ethiopian army chief's allegation that Khartoum backs forces fighting in northern Ethiopia.
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A Sudanese army spokesperson rejected Ethiopia's accusations and said Ethiopia was supporting militias fighting the Sudanese military.
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Sudan's armed forces rejected Ethiopia's accusation that they back the Tigrayan forces as baseless.
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Army chief Birhanu Jula accused Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing the armed groups fighting federal troops, which Sudan's military rejected as baseless.
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The monitor counted six Il-76TD cargo flights from Belarus arriving at Massawa Airport in Eritrea between late July and early September 2026, which he links to military supplies for the Sudanese Armed Forces.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces said they shot down a drone north of Sarkam in Sudan's Blue Nile State on the morning of 27 August after it crossed from Ethiopia, with wreckage the monitor assesses as consistent with a CH-95 combat drone, its first known deployment in Ethiopia.
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A Rubystar Il-76TD cargo aircraft (EW-567TH, callsign RSB7680) flew from Minsk, Belarus, to Massawa Airport in Eritrea on 25 August, possibly carrying military supplies for the Sudanese Armed Forces or the Tigray Defence Forces.
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Imagery visually confirmed that the Sudanese Armed Forces shot down a Turkish-made Bayraktar Akinci combat drone over Sudan's Blue Nile region after it entered Sudanese airspace from Ethiopia; the monitor assesses it was likely UAE-operated and may have flown from Bahir Dar or Asosa.
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The Sudanese Armed Forces said they shot down an unmanned combat aircraft of unidentified type over Sudan's Blue Nile State that reportedly flew in from Ethiopia.
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Four Il-76TD cargo flights were recently tracked from Minsk, Belarus, to Massawa Airport in Eritrea, which the monitor suggests may serve as a supply hub for the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Tigray Defence Forces, noting that the SAF is confirmed to be using the Belarusian Berkut-BM loitering munition.