Darfur follow-ups
The Al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion published a notice on its page on the its social media site Telegram, a notice to the Sudanese people, in which it said that the locations of the Rapid Support are military targets of category {A} for the armed forces, military aircraft – drones – guided launchers, field artillery – in addition to the surprise operations carried out by them. Special mission units.
And it called on citizens to stay away from places where the Rapid Support Forces gather, noting that the Rapid Support Forces are using citizens as human shields to pass their malicious agenda.
What is this battalion and its legal status?
The Open Source Investigations Unit of Al-Arabi TV published the results of a search indicating the existence of a thread linking the “Al-Baraa Bin Malik Battalion” to the Reserve Department and the Special Forces emanating from the Popular Defense.
According to a study by the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, the “People’s Defense Forces” were formed as a legal entity in November 1989.
It included a number of armed Islamic groups in its ranks, and their number reached about 100,000 fighters, before they were dissolved by the Ministry of Defense after the Sudanese revolution, and were transformed into reserve forces affiliated with the Ministry on January 7, 2020.
As for the involvement of the “Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade” in fighting alongside the Sudanese army, it is not new. By tracking the news of this battalion, the “Darfur Follow-up” team reached a video clip published on April 15 of last year, that is, with the launch of military operations in Sudan, the arrangements and equipment for this unit are being made. Forces to participate in the ongoing war.
