section_path: Foreign involvement/Saudi Arabia
section_name: Saudi Arabia
paragraph_text: Saudi Arabia
  
  Saudi Arabia has provided military support and financial aid (though it officially denies it) to the SAF, as it seeks to counterbalance the UAE's influence in Sudan, which supports the RSF. In response, Sudan has provided military support for the Saudi coalition in Yemen. In March 2025, al-Burhan visited Saudi Arabia in his first trip outside Sudan since the SAF retook Khartoum. There, he thanked Saudi support for Sudanese unity and the fight against the RSF.