Continuous shelling in Khartoum.. Air raids and explosions
New hours of heavy bombardment shook Khartoum, Today, Thursday, a day after the end of the short 72-hour truce, between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent reported that artillery shelling continued from the Karari base, north of Omdurman, towards W targetsGatherings for rapid support in Khartoum and Bahri.
As explosions sounded in several areas of the Sudanese capital.
Simultaneously, the warplanes carried out air strikes at dawn in Khartoum, in which ground anti-aircraft thundered.
Fighting resumed
Yesterday, the Sudanese army announced the resumption of its military operations after the expiry of the armistice, to carry out qualitative operations in Omdurman. He pointed out that the Central Reserve Forces repelled an attack by the Rapid Support Forces on their camp and shot down a drone.
He also confirmed that his forces also repelled yesterday an attack by gunmen popular movement Sudan Liberation Army-North (Abdul Aziz Al-Hilu faction) on the 54th Infantry Brigade in South Kordofan state.
From Khartoum (AFP)
However, the movement later denied attacking the headquarters of the armed forces.
72-hour truce
It is noteworthy that the short truce agreed upon by the two conflicting parties in Jeddah entered into force on Sunday morning, after difficult days of fierce fighting.
Dozens of truces were announced during the past months between the two sides, but none of them lasted for long, while the two sides exchanged responsibilities.
The conflict, which erupted on April 15, has killed more than 2,000 people, according to the latest figures from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). However, the actual numbers may be much higher, according to aid agencies and international organizations.
The battles have also forced more than 2.5 million people to flee, more than 528,000 of whom have sought refuge in neighboring countries, according to the International Organization for Migration.
While more than 149,000 people crossed into Chad, the border with the Darfur region, where the situation is of growing concern, especially in El Geneina, the center of West Darfur state, one of the five states of the region.
