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Command, allied forces and mobilisation · person (commander, Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade) · Sudan

Abu Zaid Talha al-Misbah

المصباح أبو زيد طلحة – قائد كتيبة البراء بن مالك

  • Allied force or mobilisation network
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • Sanctioned byEU
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha; Al-Misba Abu Zayid Talkha; Abu Zaid Talha AL-MISBAH; Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha (commander, Baraa bin Malik battalion)

EU sanctioned him on 29 Jan 2026, citing field executions of civilians in Khartoum and Gezira (2024-25). He was detained in Egypt for about a week in Aug 2025 and released after senior SAF-side officials intervened.

Their response

  • On release he said he left 'عزيزًا مكرمًا مبرأ من كل تهمة' (Sudan Tribune, 10 Aug 2025). The battalion criticised SAF's restructuring of auxiliary forces (Sudan Tribune, 10 Dec 2025).

Records

2

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Grade C: Single source

Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha (commander, Baraa bin Malik battalion)

EU sanctioned him on 29 Jan 2026, citing field executions of civilians in Khartoum and Gezira (2024-25). One outlet reports he was detained in Egypt for about a week in August 2025 (single source).

Why this grade
Press report of an official act. The primary record is cited in another record for this actor.
Response
On release he said he left 'عزيزًا مكرمًا مبرأ من كل تهمة' (Sudan Tribune, 10 Aug 2025). The battalion criticised SAF's restructuring of auxiliary forces (Sudan Tribune, 10 Dec 2025).
Source
Sudan Tribune Arabic (independent, Paris-based)
  1. 1Sudan Tribune Arabic · sudantribune.net · 29 Jan 2026

NamesAl-Baraa Bin MalikEgypt

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Checked against the document

1

Statements compared with the wording of the primary document.

  • “Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is the Commander of the Baraa bin Malik Battalion (BBMB), an Islamist militia fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied armed groups [...] Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah holds command responsibility for the summary executions of civilians carried out by the Baraa bin Malik Battalion in Khartoum North in September 2024 and in Gezirah in January 2025”

    Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251, Annex, entry 1929 Jan 2026verified verbatim

    Correction: Name order: OJ has "Abu Zaid Talha AL-MISBAH"; crime.json has "Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha".

Relationships

1

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Ownership and control · 1

Weapons, sites and other subjects

1

Recorded links to things, places, events and authorities rather than to organisations or people.

  • From European Union

    sanctioned (Reg. 2026/251) · 2026-01-29

    Grade A: Official record

Sanctions listings

1

  • European Union29 Jan 2026EU.13998.83

    ›Stated reason

    Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is the Commander of the Baraa bin Malik Battalion (BBMB), an Islamist militia fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied armed groups, which has been ongoing since 15 April 2023. Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah took part in the defence of the Armored Corps base in south Khartoum between June and August 2023. He also headed Baraa bin Malik Battalion’s fighters who flooded into the Republican palace in Khartoum in March 2025. Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is therefore participating actively in the war efforts led by the SAF, which are obstructing and undermining efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan. Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah holds command responsibility for the summary executions of civilians carried out by the Baraa bin Malik Battalion in Khartoum North in September 2024 [...]

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
Sudan
Also named
Egypt (1)
Places
Khartoum, Wad Madani / Gezira

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.