A report published by Al Ain News has accused the Muslim Brotherhood of expanding its influence in Sudan and Yemen through recruitment networks, ideological mobilisation and the exploitation of political crises and wars.
The report said the group has relied on attempts to infiltrate state institutions, recruit young people in universities, fuel social divisions and align with armed or political actors to preserve its influence in unstable environments.
Citing Sudanese activist Anas Humaidan, Al Ain said the Brotherhood’s Sudanese arms — the former National Congress Party and the Islamic Movement — helped shape decades of war, repression and institutional collapse. Humaidan said the current war shows the consequences of the group’s penetration of the state, education system, army and civil society.
The report also accused Brotherhood-linked elements inside General al-Burhan’s SAF of contributing to atrocities during the current conflict, including allegations involving chemical weapons against civilians.
Political and counterterrorism researcher Mounir Adeeb told Al Ain that the Brotherhood had played a destructive role in both Yemen and Sudan. He said the group backed General al-Burhan’s SAF, rejected humanitarian truces and resisted negotiations because ending the war would expose its leaders to accountability.
On Yemen, the report said the Brotherhood’s political arm, Al-Islah, shifted between alliances with tribal leaders, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis, while opposing southern independence. It also alleged cooperation between Brotherhood-linked networks and Iran, including in Sudan, which the report described as having served as a route for Iranian weapons to Tehran-backed groups.
The report concluded that the Brotherhood’s continued role in both countries is tied to prolonging crises, deepening polarisation and using religion and politics as tools to regain or maintain influence in fractured societies.
