
INA- SOURCES
The Sudanese army said on Thursday it had retaken key areas of Khartoum Bahri, a strategic city north of the capital, and was close to fully ousting the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Military sources told Sudan Tribune that troops had advanced into the Al-Azba district and the eastern part of Kafouri, one of the RSF’s last strongholds in the city. Heavy fighting, involving artillery and drones, continued in eastern districts of Khartoum Bahri until Thursday afternoon. The army also reported simultaneous attacks on the suburbs of Dardoq and Nabta, east of the city.
“The army controls most districts from the Khartoum refinery northwards to the Mak Nimer Bridge leading to Khartoum,” Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed al-Tijani Suleiman, a commander at the Shambat Paratroopers Camp, told Sudan Tribune. He added that only small pockets of RSF fighters remained in Kafouri and areas east of the city.
The military has made rapid gains in central and southern Khartoum Bahri since announcing last Saturday that it had pushed the RSF from the Khartoum oil refinery, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Khartoum Bahri.
Military officers speaking to Sudan Tribune described the “Blue Towers” in Shambat as a particularly challenging sniper position due to their height, strategic location, and reinforced construction.
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