Sudan Armed Forces leader Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan. AFPShow caption: Sudan Armed Forces leader Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan. AFPSources spoke to victims, first responders and health workers who treated people exposed to attacksThe NationalSeptember 09, 2026
Former OPCW officials have corroborated evidence that Sudan's military used chemical weapons in attacks carried out between 2024 and 2025.
Witnesses described "barrel-shaped objects" overhead, "unfamiliar odours" and "acute respiratory symptoms" following an attack on the Al Jili Oil Refinery in Khartoum.
The Sudan Armed Forces reportedly built a secret chemical weapons stockpile, attempted to conceal it and conducted bomb tests in Sudan's desert.
The SAF is believed to be collaborating with Yemen's Houthi rebels to smuggle weapons components used in chemical weapons manufacturing.
