Dangerous details of an Emirati plane bearing the slogan “Manchester City” arrived in Sudan

Follow-up- Al-Zawiya Net- The New York Times revealed in an expanded report published on Saturday, the details of a plane flight sent by the UAE bearing the slogan of Manchester City, arrived at Khartoum Airport before the outbreak of the war.

The report highlighted the use of soft tools such as sports and civil companies as a cover for sensitive military and logistical operations.

According to the report, a special Emirati plane bearing the identity of “A6-BND” and the Manchester City club-the mankind of the Abu Dhabi Group-stopped in the military sector from Khartoum Airport, with an official delegation led by Emirati National Security Adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed.

According to well -informed sources, the trip came in the context of direct coordination with the leaders of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to attract mercenary fighters with the aim of sending them to fight alongside Khalifa Haftar’s forces in Libya.

The report highlighted a series of operations that indicate broad Emirati support for Haftar, especially between 2019 and 2020, which included more than 850 raids with drones and 170 air strikes carried out by the UAE to support Haftar forces.

The UAE’s support for Haftar also contained the transportation of weapons and fighters through Emirati companies, including “Lancaster 6 DMCC” and “OPUS CAPITAL”, in addition to providing Haftar with Chinese Walong drones, used to strike civilian targets, including schools and hospitals.

The transfer of Sudanese mercenaries was also facilitated through financial and logistical support to the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Daglo (Hamidati), in a direct Emirati coordination.

The newspaper confirmed that some of the results of this support later appeared on the ground, with mass graves found in areas such as Tarhuna, belonging to victims of operations carried out by Haftar’s forces with Emirati support.

The report pointed to what he described as “integration between sport and politics”, considering that the use of the Manchester City club logo on the plane designated for military tasks is part of a broader strategy for the Emirati “image washing” internationally, by investing civil and sports facades to cover sensitive security and political activities.

The report concluded that the UAE relied on a mixture of military intervention, political influence, and the use of civil and sports institutions as tools within a broader strategy to enhance its regional influence, especially in conflict areas such as Libya and Sudan, which raises renewed international questions about the role of Abu Dhabi in destabilizing regional stability, despite its brilliant civil face, according to the report, according to the report, according to the report, according to the report, according to the report, according to the report.