SAF: Hemeidti’s Forces Used Toxic Gases in El-Fashir — “We Possess the Evidence”

 

Military sources said the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have found evidence suggesting that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) used toxic gases released from a drone in El-Fashir.

 

 

Medical sources and activists reported that civilians exhibited symptoms including vomiting and convulsions following drone strikes launched by the RSF on shelters and residential neighborhoods in El-Fashir over the past two days.

 

 

According to military sources quoted by Sudan Tribune, army personnel discovered plastic and aluminum canisters emitting dense smoke, suspected to contain toxic gases.

 

The sources said these items were found shortly after a suicide drone exploded inside the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division — the main army base in El-Fashir — and are currently being examined to confirm the presence of chemical agents.

 

 

The RSF militia has repeatedly failed to seize control of El-Fashir since May 11, 2024, as the army and its allies have continued to defend the city despite the ongoing siege.

 

 

Meanwhile, Abdel-Aziz Suleiman, Minister of Information in the Darfur Regional Government, condemned the RSF’s use of toxic gases dropped from drones on civilians in El-Fashir.

 

 

Speaking to Sudan Tribune, Suleiman said the RSF had resorted to deploying toxic gases against civilian gatherings in the western and northern parts of the city as a “last desperate card.” He added that the use of poisonous gases and biological weapons aims to annihilate the remaining population or force them into displacement outside El-Fashir.

 

 

He suggested that the gases released by the drones may be internationally banned chemical weapons and urged the international community and human rights organizations to act swiftly to stop what he described as “the extermination of more than 260,000 civilians,” including large numbers of women and children, trapped in the historic capital of Darfur.

 

 

Meanwhile, Hassan Sabir Jumaa, Head of the Directorate of Displaced and Forcibly Migrated Persons at the Humanitarian Aid Commission in North Darfur, told Sudan Tribune that confirmed reports indicate the RSF militia has used internationally prohibited weapons in several parts of El-Fashir.

 

 

The RSF militia has continued shelling civilian targets with artillery and drones, destroying markets, water sources, and health facilities across the city.