Yasser al-Atta

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General

| name = Yasser al-Atta

| native_name = {{nobold| ياسر العطا}}

| native_name_lang = ar

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| nationality =

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| rank = 20px Lieutenant General

| birth_place = {{III|Bait al-Mal|ar|بيت المال (أم درمان)}}, Omdurman, Republic of Sudan

| battles = {{tree list}}

| commands =

| allegiance = 15px Sudanese Armed Forces

| office2 = Member of the Transitional Military Council

| term_start2 = 11 April 2019

| term_end2 = 20 August 2019

| office = Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council

| term_start = 20 August 2019

| term_end =

| primeminister = Abdalla Hamdok
Osman Hussein (acting)
Dafallah al-Haj Ali (acting)
Kamil Idris

| 1blankname = Chairman

| 1namedata = Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

| primeminister2 = Abdalla Hamdok

| 2blankname2 = Chairman

| 2namedata2 = Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

| parents = Hashem al-Atta (uncle)

| birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1962}}

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Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta ({{Langx|ar|ياسر العطا|translit=Yāsir al-ʻAṭā}}, {{Circa|1962}}) is a Sudanese military officer who serves as the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Tension Between Sudan, Kenya's Ruto Impedes IGAD Mediation Effort in Sudan |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/tension-between-sudan-kenya-s-ruto-impedes-igad-mediation-effort-in-sudan/7195894.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=VOA |language=en}}

al-Atta has been a member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council since 21 August 2019,{{Cite web |last=Hendawi |first=Hamza |date=2019-08-23 |title=Who's who in Sudan's new ruling council |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/africa/who-s-who-in-sudan-s-new-ruling-council-1.901481 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=The National |language=en}} and previously served as Vice Chairman of the Transitional Military Council in 2019. He was also the former commander of the Sudanese Border Guard Forces, and was once a military attaché in Djibouti.{{Cite web |title=تعرٌف على ... ياسر عبدالرحمن حسن العطا {{!}} مشاهير # اخر تحديث اليوم 2023-09-29 |url=https://arbyy.com/2222265912.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=arbyy.com |archive-date=2023-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016170807/https://arbyy.com/2222265912.html |url-status=dead }} His uncle was Major Hashim al-Atta, who led and was executed for the 1971 coup d'état.{{cite news |title=Hashem al-Atta |language=ar |newspaper=al-Rakoba |url=http://www.alrakoba.net/albums-action-show-id-2926.htm}}{{cite news |date=23 July 1971 |title=Execute Leaders of Sudan Coup |newspaper=Southeast Missourian |location=Cairo |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19710723&id=DWofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CtUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1133,2236526}}{{Citation needed|date=September 2024|reason=Netiher citation mentions Yasser al-Atta Hashem al Atta}}

2023 war in Sudan

In May, al-Atta stated that the army controlled most of the country, except for a few small areas, while accusing media linked to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of spreading misinformation. He thanked Saudi Arabia and the United States for their mediation efforts but emphasized the army's goal of expelling the RSF from Khartoum. Al-Atta dismissed the possibility of the conflict escalating into a civil war, asserting that the army represented all of Sudan. Additionally, he raised concerns about the presence of the Wagner Group in the conflict and highlighted issues related to gold extraction in Sudan.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Lieutenant General Yasser Al-Atta: Wagner is Fighting in Sudan |url=https://english.aawsat.com/node/4322386 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=english.aawsat.com |language=en}}

In July, al-Atta accused Kenyan President William Ruto of supporting the RSF, undermining his role in the East African peacekeeping mission. Sudan refuses to cooperate with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Quartet Group, led by Ruto, until he is replaced. Al-Atta challenged Ruto to face the Sudanese army. Kenyan officials condemn these remarks. In August, al-Atta stated that around 80% of the RSF have been incapacitated, continuing that the RSF continues to recruit inexperienced mercenaries, but the army repelled 6,000 new RSF fighters recently.{{Cite web |title=Sudan's Lt. Gen. Yasser Al-Atta: RSF Recruits Mercenaries |url=https://english.aawsat.com/node/4483701 |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=english.aawsat.com |language=en}}

In November 2023, al-Atta stated that the UАЕ had provided unidentified supplies to the RSF through Uganda, the Central African Republic (CAR), and Chad.{{Cite news |last=Eltahir |first=Nafisa |date=2023-11-28 |title=Sudanese general accuses UАЕ of supplying paramilitary RSF |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudanese-general-accuses-uae-supplying-paramilitary-rsf-2023-11-28/ |access-date=2024-01-30}} Moreover, In January 2024, during a tour in Omdurman, he announced his intention to file a complaint with regional institutions and escalate it to the UN Security Council against the UАЕ’s involvement in the Sudanese conflict.{{Cite news |date=2024-01-21 |title=Sudan escalates diplomatic tensions with UАЕ, plans to file complaint to regional, International institutions |language=en |work=Sudan Tribune |url=https://sudantribune.com/article281550/ |access-date=2024-01-30}}

References

al-Atta, Yasser

Category:Sudanese Military College alumni

Category:Sudanese lieutenant generals

Category:People of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)