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Sudan’s military has launched a significant offensive within the capital, Khartoum, to regain floor held by the paramilitary Fast Help Forces (RSF), army sources have informed Al Jazeera.
The military carried out air strikes on Thursday towards RSF positions within the capital and north of Khartoum in its greatest such assault in months.
Reporting from Khartoum, Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan stated the military has taken management of three essential bridges, together with two that join town of Omdurman with the capital.
“We all know the military was capable of take over the jap a part of Nile Bridge, that’s the bridge that connects town of Omdurman to town of Khartoum, they usually’ve been advancing in the direction of Nile Road, in the direction of the presidential palace the place there has additionally been heavy combating reported,” stated Morgan.
Although the military retook some floor in Omdurman early this 12 months, it relies upon totally on artillery and air strikes and has been unable to dislodge more practical RSF floor forces embedded in Khartoum.
Navy sources stated the assault was “within the works for months”, stated Morgan, towards the din of artillery and fighter jets overhead.
The bloody civil battle that erupted in April 2023 has induced a severe humanitarian disaster, nonetheless diplomatic efforts by the USA and different nations have faltered, with the military refusing to attend talks final month in Switzerland.
“You may hear the heavy artillery now nonetheless ongoing, so it appears to be like like the military remains to be combating the RSF in a number of positions,” she added.
The military was making an attempt to “drain the capacities and the capabilities” of the RSF, so their presence within the capital could possibly be “minimised”.
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