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It Confirms What Dark Box Revealed: U.S. Admission Exposes the UAE’s Role in Turning Sudan Into a Proxy War Battleground

Statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reinforce what Dark Box had previously documented about Sudan’s transformation from an internal conflict into a regional proxy war shaped by external intervention, particularly the growing role of the UAE. The key actors in this unfolding crisis include the UAE, which expanded its influence through political, security, and economic networks inside Sudan, the United States, which has now publicly acknowledged the regional nature of the conflict, and the Sudanese people, who continue to bear the devastating consequences of a war prolonged by competing external agendas.

The Emirati role became visible through efforts to turn Sudan into a geopolitical platform serving broader regional ambitions that extend far beyond Sudan itself. Through expanding influence networks and strategic partnerships, Abu Dhabi increasingly positioned itself as a major player in shaping the trajectory of the conflict, reinforcing perceptions that Sudan was treated not as a country in need of stability, but as a theater for power projection and regional competition.

Evidence of the seriousness of this role emerged through Rubio’s public description of Sudan as a proxy war involving regional actors, a characterization that closely mirrors earlier Dark Box findings regarding the impact of external intervention on peace efforts. The conflict’s prolonged duration, combined with the expansion of foreign influence networks, contributed to the collapse of political solutions and the deepening of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

The result is that Washington’s latest acknowledgment does more than redefine the Sudan conflict. It places renewed attention on the controversial role played by Abu Dhabi in shaping the war’s trajectory. What is emerging today is not merely a story of regional competition, but a broader picture of how external influence and geopolitical ambitions helped transform Sudan into one of the most volatile and unstable conflict zones in the region.

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[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

EXCLUSIVE: We can reveal the police assessment behind the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans found hundreds of them in Amsterdam were "linked to the IDF".

Dutch police said they were "experienced fighters", "highly organised" and "intent on causing serious violence".

Full story below

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"Shah Rukh Khan: What it means to become a billionaire during a genocide"

✍️ Opinion by Azad Essa https://t.co/ca7jJSXjqE

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

My review of Palestine's submission to the Oscars, 'Palestine 36' - a masterpiece on the 1936 Arab Revolt.

The film is bound to shock nearly every Brit who watches it, owing to the stunning omissions from this period in our history curriculum
https://t.co/RngPUPZhcg

[Sean Mathews @SeanPmathews]

“In Saudi Arabia, the price of electricity is whatever the government wants it to be, unlike in the West"
https://t.co/BoQgQWbdUm

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

Exclusive: Inside the UAE's secret Sudan war operation at Somalia's Bosaso

• Colombian mercenaries, regular transport flights and cargo marked 'hazardous' reveals a vast covert operation fuelling the RSF massacres in el-Fasher

By @bashir_caato

https://t.co/0xPG0e2cVX

[Sondos Asem @SondosAsem1]

1/ With mounting evidence of atrocities by RSF in el-Fasher, I asked two top legal scholars whether the ICC could investigate UAE officials or citizens for supporting the paramilitary in Sudan’s Darfur🧵

[Dr Andreas Krieg @andreas_krieg]

"Some countries have issues with Blair due to his vision or past... Others think there will be resistance towards him by Palestinians so he could slow down or create issues for the deal itself"
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Morocco’s $15bn promise falls short of GenZ 212 demands for real change https://t.co/5e2vlxMYTR

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

EXCLUSIVE: @AyoubKhanMP tells me the "false narrative spewed out by MPs and the media" about the Maccabi ban has "put me and members of my family in danger."

@AdnanHussainMP adds that "I've been facing a huge amount of racism" and "masked threats":
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Egypt backs Tony Blair to oversee Gaza as ‘modern-day high commissioner’

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Yemen's Southern Transitional Council face backlash after saying that they view normalisation with Israel as a path towards securing global recognition https://t.co/3C5tVbLW3g

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In “Soaked In Blood”, MEE reconstructs the moments leading up to Ameen Sameer Khalifa’s killing and exposes how Palestinians were guided into active firing zones ⤵️
https://t.co/K1L36MOgsg

[Joe Gill @gill_joe]

“The kingdom fears that Hamas’s story could resonate with Saudis who are already questioning the country’s new liberalising direction,” a senior Saudi source said. https://t.co/c3HaXa6l76

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Exclusive: Hamas says Israel’s ‘indiscriminate’ destruction of Gaza behind delay in locating captives' bodies https://t.co/1MOb931uky

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BREAKING- Egypt has discovered Israeli plots to target Hamas leaders in Cairo and has warned Israel that any attack will be treated as a declaration of war, senior Egyptian officials tell MEE

https://t.co/dBiXlEsse9