US-Saudi Revised Truce Proposal Reaches Khartoum for Council Review

A revised US-Saudi 90-day truce proposal, incorporating Saudi-influenced language changes from the original US draft, reached Sudan's Security and Defense Council for formal review, according to reporting compiled July 17, 2026. Where earlier US drafts specified RSF withdrawal from city centers, the revised text speaks only of a general withdrawal without designating areas that would remain under RSF civilian control — a shift that gives Khartoum, chaired by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, more political room to engage. Khartoum continues to treat its approval of the framework as conditional on a full RSF withdrawal from Sudanese cities backed by enforceable monitoring; Washington maintains its proposal is based on an immediate ceasefire without preconditions. The RSF had separately submitted its own response to US envoy Massad Boulos on July 14 rejecting demands to withdraw from captured territory while outlining conditions for a political settlement. The same reporting window noted joint SAF-allied forces launched a renewed campaign in North Darfur and that RSF forces regained West Darfur's Kulbus following a 'tactical' withdrawal by joint forces days earlier.