🇸🇩 Newly leaked documents, videos and intercepted messages indicate that Sudan’s Armed Forces developed, stockpiled and used chlorine chemical weapons during the civil war, while fighting alongside Islamist forces linked to the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood.
The secret program produced nearly 300 chemical munitions. Chlorine meant for civilian water treatment was diverted to make bombs, which were tested from military aircraft and used against RSF positions. Messages indicate that more than 100 chemical bombs may have been used and that officials later sought to erase evidence of the program.
The U.S. has determined that Sudan used chemical weapons and imposed sanctions. Separately, Washington designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood and its armed wing, the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade, as terrorist organizations this year, saying the Brotherhood has contributed more than 20,000 fighters to the war and that many received training and support from Iran’s IRGC.
With its two HQs in London and Istanbul, as well as its state sponsors in Doha, Qatar, the Muslim Brotherhood has been spreading Islamism and violence across the West, Africa, and the Middle East.
They are considered the largest and best-organized Islamist group in the world.
The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and several other Arab and Middle Eastern countries.