Al Jazeera analysis indicates that Washington's recent diplomatic efforts in Sudan, including sanctions in June and July, a proposed UN arms embargo in August, and conditioning General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's UN General Assembly attendance on a ceasefire deal last week, have backfired. The pressure, intended to isolate Sudan's army, has instead left the U.S. isolated and a ceasefire further out of reach. The U.S. State Department's statement last week, declaring neither the Sudanese Armed Forces nor the Rapid Support Forces as legitimate governance, is seen as an ex post facto justification for barring al-Burhan from speaking at the UNGA.