Flash: RSF Lt. Gen. Khalid Noor al-Daim has defected to the Sudanese army.
Barash is a former army officer who was loaned to the RSF in 2013 and advanced to senior positions in security, border affairs and logistics.
The Medi promoted him to the rank of lieutenant colonel in June 2026.
Pro-military reports say he is heading towards Khartoum with troops and equipment, and some also link him to the attack on the army's general command and the fall of al-Fasher.
RSF's head of communications, al-Tayeb Khalil, called the reports "rumors" spread to cause confusion.