RSF Gives Conditional Response to US Peace Plan; Rejects Full Withdrawal

The RSF submitted its response to the US peace plan on July 14, 2026, agreeing 'in principle' to an unconditional three-month humanitarian truce with UN-supervised aid access to Darfur, Kordofan, Blue Nile, and the Nuba Mountains, but rejecting full or gradual withdrawal from territory it holds, especially in North Darfur and North Kordofan. US envoy Massad Boulos cautioned against declaring a breakthrough. Combined with SAF's July 10 demand for full RSF withdrawal as a precondition, both sides gave incompatible conditional responses — no ceasefire was reached. The same day, SAF's 4th Infantry Division claimed recapture of Fashfoun, Blue Nile State, from RSF/SPLM-N as a follow-on to the Kurmuk operation (moderate confidence — reported by mid-tier outlets, not independently corroborated by wire services).