Recent satellite imagery has unveiled alarming scenes in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, depicting what appear to be bloodstains in the sand and bodies scattered across the area. These images have emerged amidst disturbing reports of mass killings allegedly perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in this conflict-ridden region.
This grave situation was highlighted in a new report released by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) on Tuesday. The report coincides with the failure of ceasefire negotiations in Washington and follows the RSF’s incursion into El Fasher last Sunday.
In the report, Yale HRL states, “We have found evidence consistent with systematic mass killings of individuals outside El Fasher, as seen in satellite imagery collected on October 27 and 28, 2025.”
Adding to the complexity of the situation, The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. intelligence assessments have confirmed an increase in weapons supplied to the RSF by the United Arab Emirates, including drones identified by Yale researchers.
Yale’s researchers have meticulously documented the evidence of these atrocities in El Fasher through their analysis of satellite imagery. Their findings underscore the urgent need for international attention and action.
Nathaniel Raymond of Yale expressed a pressing call to action, stating, “President Trump has unique leverage to halt the violence by urging the United Arab Emirates to cease their arms transfers to the RSF, a step the Biden administration was unable to enforce.” This statement was shared with Fox News Digital, emphasizing the critical role international diplomacy could play in addressing this humanitarian crisis.
Raymond said their lab “identified a CH-95 drone” visible in imagery and that “the drone we identified was provided by the United Arab Emirates to the RSF.”
Raymond’s team analyzed high-resolution imagery from Airbus DS showing what they confirmed as bodies, blood and burned neighborhoods in El Fasher, where the RSF overran the city after a bloody 18-month siege.
Sudanese army officers inspect a recently discovered weapons storage site belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP Photo, File)
“We started working on this surveillance in 2023 as part of the U.S. State and Sudan Conflict Observatory,” Raymond said with his team warning the United Nations that if El Fasher fell, atrocities would follow.
Since then, the team has spent 18 months independently documenting the siege, producing reports for the U.N. and U.S. officials. “We told them we were approaching a genocide,” Raymond said.
He added that RSF forces “hid vehicles under trees, moved at night, and tried to evade tracking mostly to conceal resupply flights.”
Raymond also described satellite measurements showing “objects on the ground consistent with human bodies, about 1.3 to 2 meters [3 to 6 feet] long.”
Sudanese who fled El Fasher city after paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed hundreds of people in the western Darfur region, gather at a camp in Tawila, Sudan, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Muhnnad Adam)
The RSF’s takeover has left more than 2,000 civilians dead and 177,000 trapped under blockade.
Nationwide, the war has displaced around 12 million people and killed 150,000 since it began in 2023.
There were hopes late last week that U.S.-sponsored talks could achieve a breakthrough, but sources told Middle East Eye that the United Arab Emirates refused to address the situation in El Fasher.
Trump had revived efforts for peace for Sudan in July, which included a ministerial-level meeting with what is called the “Sudan Quartet.”
“It is time for Trump to build on the legacy of Republican leadership in Darfur and call Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and tell him to stop,” Raymond said.
“This is the same appeal I will deliver to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow,” he concluded.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
