TASIS-aligned Sudanese sources have challenged the Port Sudan SAF junta’s portrayal of their response to a US peace initiative, claiming that a demand for the Rapid Support Forces to withdraw from all areas under its control was not included in discussions between US adviser Massad Boulos and SAF deputy commander Shams al-Din Kabbashi.
Al-Jareeda newspaper, citing senior sources, said the withdrawal condition was promoted publicly to “save face” after the SAF leadership broadly accepted the American framework.
The claim has circulated widely across TASIS- and RSF-aligned social-media accounts, although neither the TASIS government nor the RSF has issued an official statement directly responding to the SAF document.
Documents reported separately by Reuters appear to reinforce that account. The original US proposal centred on an immediate 90-day humanitarian truce and limited redeployments, while the SAF’s written response introduced a sweeping, three-stage demand for the RSF to withdraw from territories across Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile — a shift that closely mirrors TASIS-aligned claims that Port Sudan recast the proposal after broadly accepting its core terms.
