"Calls are growing for the U.S. to end arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after reports of horrific slaughter in Sudan this week by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Sunday, the paramilitary force took control of el-Fasher, which was the Sudan Armed Forces's (SAF) last major outpost in Darfur. The forces stormed the city, displacing tens of thousands and killing an estimated 2,000 people in door-to-door killings, executions, and a massacre at the Saudi Maternity Hospital."
"RSF's takeover of el-Fasher and scenes of mass slaughter renewed calls for the U.S. to end its arms transfers to the UAE. "As we witness horrific scenes in El-Fasher, the UAE continues arming the RSF - which the U.S. has determined is committing genocide. Enough. We must pass my bill to block arms sales to the UAE until it stops fueling the RSF's war crimes in Sudan," said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee."
Calls are growing in the U.S. to end arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates after reports of horrific slaughter in Sudan by the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF took control of el-Fasher, the Sudan Armed Forces' last major Darfur outpost, displacing tens of thousands and killing an estimated 2,000 people in door-to-door killings, executions, and a massacre at the Saudi Maternity Hospital. The violence occurs amid a civil war that has displaced 13 million people and killed tens of thousands. Senator Chris Van Hollen introduced legislation with Representative Sara Jacobs to block certain arms sales to the UAE until supplies to the RSF stop.
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