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| How El-Fasher Fell: Inside the UAE-Backed Tech War That Broke Sudan’s Defenses |
| 2025-11-14 |
| [TheDarkBox] As the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur collapsed under a ferocious assault by Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a silent weapon played the most decisive role in the fall: total communications blackout. According to soldiers, commanders, and a telecom technician who spoke to Dark Box, the sudden loss of all communications systems on 26 October caused total disarray among Sudanese defenders and Joint Forces aligned with the army. Units became isolated, commands went unheard, and withdrawal orders failed to reach front-line troops, many of whom died unaware they had been abandoned. What happened in el-Fasher was not merely a battlefield rout — it was a premeditated technological siege enabled by sophisticated electronic warfare tools supplied by the United Arab Emirates. FROM COORDINATION TO CHAOS: THE BLACKOUT BEGINS For over 18 months, el-Fasher resisted the RSF’s siege using trench warfare, tunnel ambushes, and scarce munitions. Four layers of defense ringed the city, including barricaded frontlines, tunnel-based assault squads, and drone-operating artillery regiments. But on 26 October, everything changed. At a crucial moment in the battle, every means of communication — from handheld radios to Thuraya satellite phones and even Starlink connections — suddenly went dead. Operations rooms were cut off from field units, the Sudanese army’s Sixth Infantry base lost contact with the high command, and Joint Forces commanders could no longer issue coordinated orders. What followed was catastrophic: the defenders, unable to coordinate or receive intelligence, could neither regroup nor retreat effectively. Commanders who understood the scope of the collapse fled first. Those left behind were either slaughtered, captured, or fled independently into the surrounding chaos. THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE SILENCE Exclusive testimonies obtained by Dark Box confirm that the blackout was caused by electronic jamming systems deployed by the RSF, but supplied, funded, and trained on by the UAE. More at the link Related: Fasher: 2025-11-13 Sudan's North Darfur faces humanitarian collapse Fasher: 2025-11-12 SAF soldiers in the besieged town of Babanusa (W Kordofan) report to have repelled a major RSF assault Fasher: 2025-11-07 The 'Butcher of the Century' and Ukrainian Drone Operators: Sudan's Slide into Chaos Related: North Darfur: 2025-11-13 Good Morning North Darfur: 2025-11-13 Sudan's North Darfur faces humanitarian collapse North Darfur: 2025-11-13 Women Fleeing Sudan's Al-Fashir Report Rape, Killings and Child Disappearances Related: Electronic warfare 11/13/2025 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: November 11th, 2025 Electronic warfare 11/13/2025 Latest information on the situation on the front line as of November 12 (updated) Electronic warfare 11/13/2025 The Russian Armed Forces have created a force of unmanned systems |
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