# Sudan's army conditionally backs US peace framework but demands full RSF withdrawal from all occupied cities
> Sudan's army-backed government signalled conditional support for a US-proposed peace framework for the country's three-year civil war, telling Washington it would accept the plan only if the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces withdrew completely from all cities they occupy; Reuters reported the condition from internal documents, representing the first formal army response to the US initiative

**Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-07-09 · heads: How Wars Actually End, What They're Not Saying · 4 takes · 3 lenses · 3 regions

## Summary

[Sudan](/en/entity/sudan)'s army-backed government told the [United States](/en/entity/united-states) it would conditionally accept a US-proposed peace framework for the country's three-year civil war, but set the complete withdrawal of the [Rsf](/en/entity/rsf) from all cities the paramilitary holds as a non-negotiable precondition, according to internal documents obtained by Reuters. The RSF has controlled large parts of Khartoum, El Fasher and other cities since the war began in April 2023, making a full withdrawal effectively a demand for the RSF's military defeat or negotiated surrender. The US proposal is the latest in a series of international frameworks that has not produced a ceasefire; the army's conditional engagement represents its first formal written response to the US initiative.

## The split

Reuters' primary reporting, based on documents rather than statements, framed the development as cautious diplomatic engagement. Anewz read the withdrawal demand as a "red line" that makes acceptance contingent on an outcome the RSF has shown no sign of agreeing to. Islam Times repeated the Reuters framing without additional analysis.

## By the numbers

- 3 years, duration of the Sudan civil war since April 2023
- "Full withdrawal from all cities," the army's stated condition, covering RSF-held Khartoum, El-Fasher and other areas

## Why it matters

The army's condition, complete RSF withdrawal from all cities, is functionally equivalent to demanding the RSF accept military defeat before any peace deal is signed. That gap is not a detail to negotiate around: it reflects the absence of a hurting stalemate that typically precedes serious negotiations. The army's written response does, however, confirm it is engaging the US framework rather than rejecting it outright, which is a marginal step from prior postures.

## What to watch

- The RSF's response to the US framework and whether it counters with its own conditions
- Whether Washington presses the army to soften the withdrawal demand or accepts it as a baseline
- Humanitarian corridor talks, which could proceed on a separate track from the political framework

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### Reuters wire, primary diplomatic reporting
- **Reuters via Yahoo Canada** (Canada / Global, en) — Reuters reporter Khalid Abdelaziz obtained internal documents showing the Sudanese army's conditions for accepting the US peace proposal; the reporting is the primary sourcing for this story, establishing that the army's support is explicitly conditional on the RSF's full withdrawal from occupied cities.
  > "The Sudanese army has conditioned any broad acceptance of a U.S. proposal for ending the country's three-year-old civil war on the full withdrawal by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces from cities it has occupied, according to documents seen by Reuters."
  Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sudan-army-says-us-peace-221446554.html

### unlabelled
- **TradingView (Reuters wire)** (Global, en) — 
  Source: https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L6N43B12N:0-sudan-army-says-us-peace-plan-must-call-for-full-rsf-withdrawal-from-cities-documents-show/
- **Islam Times** (Iran, en) — 
  Source: https://www.islamtimes.com/en/news/1291293/sudan-army-pushes-rsf-exit-under-us-backed-plan

### Wire summary, conditional-acceptance framing
- **Anewz** (Global, en) — Anewz summarised the army's position as 'conditional support,' framing the full-withdrawal demand as a red line rather than a starting position; it described the US proposal as the latest in a series of international frameworks that have not produced a ceasefire.
  > "Sudan's army-backed government has signalled conditional support for a new U.S. proposal aimed at ending the country's three-year civil war, but insists that any agreement must include the complete withdrawal of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from all cities they have occupied."
  Source: https://anewz.tv/world/world-news/21635/sudan-army-backs-us-peace-plan-but-demands-full-rsf-withdrawal/news

## Across the graph
- Related: [[sudan-saf-kurmuk-jul8]], [[sudan-famine-displacement-crisis]], [[sudan-rsf-el-fasher-amnesty-jul2]]
- Entities: Sudan, United States

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