Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade

Fights under SAF orders. OFAC: BBMB 'traces its origins to Sudan's Popular Defense Forces', 'has contributed upwards of 20,000 fighters in the conflict against the RSF, using training and weapons provided by the IRGC', and its fighters 'have been implicated in arbitrary arrests, torture, and summary executions of those perceived to be aligned with the RSF'. EU: commander Al-Misbah Abu Zaid Talha bears command responsibility for summary executions of civilians in Khartoum North (Sept 2024) and Gezira (Jan 2025). Reuters: members have 'access to light arms, artillery, and drones' under army orders; senior Islamists used 'long-standing ties with countries like Iran, Qatar, and Turkey to help the army secure weapons' (military sources); an NCP document claimed 2,000-3,000 fighters supplied in year one, a military source ~5,000 NCP-linked fighters.

2 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

2 more records at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

• “BBMB has contributed upwards of 20,000 fighters in the conflict against the RSF, using training and weapons provided by the IRGC. BBMB fighters have been implicated in arbitrary arrests, torture, and summary executions of those perceived to be aligned with the RSF.”

  US Treasury press release sb0246↗12 Sep 2025verified verbatim

  Correction: arms.json #57 ("IRGC training and support to Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade") cites only a March 2026 X post by a US adviser via The National and gives "period: not dated". The primary official source is this Treasury release of 12 Sep 2025 - cite it and date the claim accordingly. crime.json #13 should add that on 9 March 2026 OFAC added FTO and SDGT tags to the BBMB entry.

• OFAC recent-actions pages and SDN.XML published 2 Oct 2026↗2 Oct 2026verified verbatim

• “I hereby determine that the person known as Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood (also known as Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan; Sudanese Islamic Movement; al-Bara Bin Malik Brigade; al-Bara’ ibn Malik Brigade; al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion) is a foreign person who has committed or has attempted to commit, poses a significant risk of committing, or has participated in training to commit acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.”

  Federal Register, Public Notice 12968, FR Doc. 2026-05084, 91 FR 12663-12664↗16 Mar 2026verified verbatim

  Correction: sanctions.json #10 says the State notice "could not be retrieved" and treats the SAF link as inference. The notice is now read: State lists the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade/Battalion and the Sudanese Islamic Movement as ALIASES of the designated organisation, not merely linked entities. The notice gives no reasons and does not mention the SAF, so the "SAF-aligned, not SAF-controlled" caution stands. Dates: determination 8 Mar 2026; OFAC SDN update 9 Mar 2026; Federal Register publication 16 Mar 2026. arms_timeline entry dated 2026-03-11 conflates the designation with a later X post.

• “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 19↗29 Jan 2026verified verbatim

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

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  From United States (OFAC)

  sanctioned under E.O. 14098 · 2025-09-12

  home.treasury.gov↗AGrade A: Official record
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  From Islamist backers (unnamed)

  reported own source of funding · 2023 to 2024

  ohchr.org↗AGrade A: Official record

• United States (OFAC)12 Sep 2025OFAC SDN UID 55423

  ›Stated reason

  BBMB is a Sudan-based, Islamist militia that traces its origins to Sudan’s Popular Defense Forces, an Islamist paramilitary organization associated with the former Bashir regime. BBMB has contributed upwards of 20,000 fighters in the conflict against the RSF, using training and weapons provided by the IRGC. BBMB fighters have been implicated in arbitrary arrests, torture, and summary executions of those perceived to be aligned with the RSF. BBMB, along with other armed Islamist militias in Sudan, represents a significant impediment to ending the civil war in Sudan and undermines efforts to resolve the conflict. | BBMB is being designated pursuant to E.O. 14098 for being a foreign person who is responsible for, or complicit in, or who has directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Sudan. home.treasury.gov↗

1. 8 Mar 2026

   State Department determinations designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as an SDGT and FTO (aliases include the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade and the Sudanese Islamic Movement). govinfo.gov↗

   AGrade A: Official record
2. 11 Mar 2026

   US adviser Massad Boulos says the IRGC trained and supported the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade (press report of a social-media post). thenationalnews.com↗

   CGrade C: Single source
3. 7 Apr 2026

   Human Rights Watch reports arbitrary detention and torture by army 'security cells' (GIS, Military Intelligence, police, at times Al-Baraa Ibn Malik); the Attorney General rejects the findings. hrw.org↗

   BGrade B: Corroborated

2 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

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

Based in

Sudan

Also named

Iran (4), Türkiye (1), Qatar (1)

Places

Omdurman, Bahri (Khartoum North), Wad Madani / Gezira