The UAE Is Committing Suicide in Sudan: Terror Strikes in Port Sudan Ignite Public and Military Outrage
By Dr. Mohammed Othman Awadallah
May 6, 2025
Sudan is a strong nation—its strength lies in its people and its army. This undeniable truth has long provoked imperial powers, pushing them to break Sudan’s will and punish it for pursuing an independent national path. These efforts began with the toppling of President Omar al-Bashir’s government, followed by the dissolution of the Operations Authority. Then came the inflation of the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) ambitions and greed, fueling its rebellion against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
The so-called Empowerment Removal Committee was then unleashed on Sudanese society, spreading slogans of fragmentation and division. Soon, the UN mission led by Volker Perthes, appointed by the Quad Ambassadors Committee, was brought in, placing a puppet government headed by Abdalla Hamdok and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) at the forefront. They drafted the so-called “Lawyers’ Constitution” and imposed the so-called “Framework Agreement” on Sudan with a coercive ultimatum: accept or face war.
For four years, Sudan became the arena of a fierce political war. Yet the will of the people and their army prevailed, dismantling every plot.
Defeated in that round, the same hostile forces launched a military coup that escalated into a full-blown war. Again, the resilience of the Sudanese people and army triumphed. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key player in this venture, suffered catastrophic losses—an estimated 500,000 mercenaries and militia members killed, and financial losses approaching $500 billion. These represented a colossal failure: political, military, and economic hemorrhaging. International media and institutions increasingly branded the UAE as a sponsor of terrorism and genocide—accusations rooted in its role as financier, planner, and promoter of war. It pays millions to buy the loyalty of weak states, and billions to beg protection from major powers.
Driven to madness by its failure, the UAE seems to have lost all restraint. In a reckless and desperate act, it escalated from proxy warfare to direct terrorist aggression. On Monday and Tuesday, May 5 and 6, Emirati drones and guided missiles launched airstrikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan.
The strikes hit key facilities including Port Sudan Airport, both the new and old airbases, fuel and gas depots, the power substation, the Katrina Hotel, power stations in Atbara and Damer, and the Merowe Dam. With these blatant acts of aggression, the UAE has officially entered the phase of open warfare, becoming directly complicit in terrorist attacks aimed at crippling Sudan’s infrastructure.
What the UAE fails to realize is that such attacks only deepen the Sudanese people’s awareness of the conspiracy against them and of the states driving it. These acts have only strengthened their unity around the national army. As they have overcome every phase of this war so far, they are now determined to prevail again—even as the UAE steps in as a direct aggressor.
The army and people will absorb this blow swiftly and reorganize with intelligence and resolve. They will devise new strategies and tools to achieve victory, no matter the odds. Meanwhile, the UAE’s losses will escalate rapidly—politically, militarily, economically, and morally—until it is left utterly broken.
