Following intelligence reports of mass desertions of SSPDF forces and their allied militia from training camps and duty stations across the country, the leadership of the National Salvation Front (NAS) has issued directives to all its forces in the liberated areas to allow "unhindered humanitarian corridor" and "the safe passage" for deserters fleeing Kiir's failed regime to "reunite with their deprived families in all parts of South Sudan and the refugee camps" in the neighbouring countries.