Aljazeera published on 18 December 2023 a commentary titled "Sudan: When It Is 'Maximalist' to Demand Fighters Vacate Civilian Homes" by Dirdeiry M. Ahmed, University of Khartoum and briefly Sudan's foreign minister.
The author scolds those who try to mediate the conflict in Sudan in the misconceived belief that the war is merely a squabble between two generals, and if those two generals were to reconcile their personal differences, the war would end. He underscores that the United Arab Emirates has managed to tilt the scales on the ground in favor of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
