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A Sudanese official revealed that “several thousand troops”, mainly from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have returned home from Yemen over the past two months.
Gen. Mohammed Hamdan, head of the RSF, said he agreed with Saudi Arabia that he would not replace forces as fighting on the ground has dwindled in recent months.
Hamdan added that a “few thousand troops” remain to train forces loyal to the resigned regime of Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi
Sudanese media reported that Hamdan told a tripartite meeting held Monday night between the Councils of Sovereignty, Ministers and Forces for Freedom and Change, to withdraw 10,000 of his troops in Yemen.
An estimated 30 thousand of Khartoum’s Rapid Support Forces are participating in the Saudi-led coalition’s war against Yemen
The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Seree, is expected to reveal the number of Sudanese forces taking part in the Yemen war.
Source: Yemenwatch.net
