The Sudanese army claims that the Haftar forces from Libya attacked its border

The Sudanese army has accused forces led by eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of launching attacks on border posts on Tuesday. This marks the first instance in which it has directly implicated its northwestern neighbor in the ongoing two-year conflict in the country.

The conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which the military has also implicated in the border attack, has attracted the attention of several foreign nations, while global efforts to achieve peace have yet to succeed.

During the early stages of the war, Sudan accused Haftar from eastern Libya of providing support to the RSF through weapons deliveries. There have been longstanding accusations against Haftar’s ally, the United Arab Emirates, for providing support to the RSF, which includes direct drone strikes that occurred last month. The UAE refutes those allegations.

Haftar forces refuted any involvement in the attack, instead attributing the incident to a faction linked to the Sudanese armed forces, which they claim targeted a military patrol engaged in “its legitimate duty to secure the Libyan side of the border.”

“These allegations represent a clear effort to project Sudan’s internal crisis outward and fabricate an external adversary,” the General Command of the National Libyan Army stated in a release.

Egypt, having also supported Haftar, has consistently backed the Sudanese army.

The Sudanese army stated that the attack occurred in the border triangle between Libya, Egypt, and Sudan, situated to the north of one of the primary front lines of the conflict, al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur.

“We will protect our nation and uphold our sovereignty, and we will succeed, no matter the scale of the conspiracy and aggression backed by the United Arab Emirates and its militias in the region,” the Sudanese army stated.