A New Blow to the RSF: A Prominent Leader Defects

Chieftain Ismail Mohamed Youssef, a member of the Misseriya Zurq tribe from the Lagawa area of ​​West Kordofan State, arrived in Port Sudan, officially announcing his defection from the Rapid Support Forces militia.

This move represents another blow to the militia in one of its most important social strongholds in the Kordofan region, and reinforces the growing trend of defections by tribal leaders and local administration officials who have begun to reconsider their positions and align themselves with the state and the military establishment.