El Fasher: the Bloodbath Everyone Saw Coming

Serious analysis for a dangerous world: https://fronts.co After a 500-day siege, Sudan’s El Fasher collapses to the RSF. Witness genocide, global silence, and a war visible from space. A haunting story of brutality and abandonment. Stay ahead of global conflicts with WarFronts Weekly. Get sharp, no-nonsense military analysis straight to your inbox. Subscribe: https://subscribepage.io/WarFrontsWeekly Get full conflict briefings, and members-only analysis at fronts.co https://fronts.co Join the community and discuss current flashpoints in real time: https://www.reddit.com/r/frontsco Love the content? Explore Simon's other YouTube channels: Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 PoliticalFronts: http://www.youtube.com/@homefronts Simon on social: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ 00:00 Introduction 04:34 How Did We Get Here? 11:42 Why El Fasher? 16:32 Where Is The International Community? 22:16 Peace? Sources Channel 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQV8ZMR3CrM https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/massacre-in-el-fasher-whats-happening-in-sudan-right-now https://sudanwarmonitor.com/p/6th-division-captured https://www.trtworld.com/article/86798cd0f518 Al Jazeera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-4_ltf-e0 https://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/dtm-sudan-flash-alert-bara-bara-town-north-kordofan-update-001-27-october-2025 https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-who-appalled-by-rsf-maternity-ward-massacre/a-74537649?maca=en-reddit-sharing https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudans-rsf-storms-el-fasher-after-uae-shuts-down-talks-city https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/28/yale-report-finds-evidence-of-rsf-mass-killings-in-sudans-el-fasher https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/sep/11/videos-rebels-sudan-footage-courts https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7eyd13ky5t https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/10/28/sudan-bloodied-sands-massacre-thousands/ https://acleddata.com/expert-comment/el-fasher-and-kordofan-strategic-fronts-sudans-shifting-war-expert-comment https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep69503?seq=1 https://thearabweekly.com/sudans-rsf-tighten-grip-army-supply-lines-shifting-military-balance https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gz1ekdee3o https://sudantribune.com/article/305789 https://www.sudanspost.com/sudan-army-suffers-major-defeat-as-el-fasher-division-headquarters-falls/ https://kyivindependent.com/behind-ukraines-manpower-crisis-lies-a-bleak-new-battlefield-reality-for-infantry/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/world/africa/sudan-el-fasher-burhan-rsf.html https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/12/sudan-alarming-el-fasher-siege-hostilities-must-end-un-report Al Jazeera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YdRZJwAMR https://theconversation.com/sudans-army-has-been-battling-to-keep-darfurs-el-fasher-from-paramilitary-forces-why-the-citys-so-important-236168 https://www.cmi.no/publications/9171-al-mahdiya-continues-to-haunt-sudan https://x.com/PatrickHeinisc1/status/1983092750149923070 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/28/uk-military-equipment-rapid-support-forces-rsf-militia-accused-genocide-found-sudan-united-nations https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5363700/in-sudan-hundreds-killed-in-attacks-on-famine-hit-displacement-camps https://www.science.org/content/article/how-many-have-died-sudan-s-civil-war-satellite-images-and-models-offer-clues

Fronts Staff • November 4, 2025