Emirati influencers and an official Israeli state X account have been targeting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on social media, while its paramilitary rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has massacred hundreds of civilians in Sudan's el-Fasher.
On Sunday, the RSF seized control of el-Fasher, the last city in Darfur to fall into the hands of the paramilitary group. The city and its 260,000 inhabitants had been under siege for more than 500 days.
The RSF carried out mass killings and abuses as it stormed the city, some of which were documented by its own fighters and have been corroborated by satellite imagery.
As many came out on social media to criticise the United Arab Emirates (UAE), whose support for the RSF is well-documented, influencers from the UAE have responded by going after the SAF.
Notably, Israeli accounts, including the country’s official Arabic language account, have also joined in.
