Watan-The Sudanese army took control on Wednesday of Khartoum International Airport and other strategic locations in the city, confirming that it had defeated the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
After retaking the airport, a Sudanese army commander stated that the battles would not stop, and that the armed forces would continue toward Darfur (west) and Kordofan (central).
The military commander added that the RSF had been defeated and did not retreat voluntarily.
Sources told Al Jazeera that RSF elements fled en masse via the Jabal Awliya Dam Bridge south of Khartoum, shortly after the army advanced into the area, which had been the last major RSF stronghold in Khartoum.
Field sources also told Al Jazeera that the army took control of the RSF intelligence offices in East Khartoum.
Army Seizes Key Sites Across Khartoum
Earlier in the day, the commander of Khartoum operations in the Sudanese army confirmed to Al Jazeera that the airport, which had long been under RSF control, was now in army hands.
Simultaneously with the airport’s recapture, the army took control of the entrance to Jabal Awliya city south of Khartoum and surrounded it from all directions.
The army said it had taken control of most neighborhoods in East and South Khartoum in recent hours and that its forces were deployed across the capital’s main streets.
Sudanese military media reported that early Wednesday morning, the armored corps seized the inland port facility in the Al-Sahafa district of eastern Khartoum.
It added that army forces also took control of the engineering faculty buildings at Sudan University, along with the Al-Nuzha and Al-Sahafa neighborhoods.
Military media also stated that forces tightened their grip on the western end of Al-Manshiya Bridge, while sources told Al Jazeera the army was close to securing full control of the Soba Bridge from the west.
In a parallel development, a Sudanese army source told Al Jazeera that the army had recaptured the Yarmouk military factory and the RSF’s Taiba camp, and began deploying in the Kalakla area south of Khartoum.
Sources also told Al Jazeera that the army regained control of the city of Al-Baqir and the headquarters of the 1st Armored Brigade there, south of Khartoum, while local sources reported that the Sudanese army launched military operations in the Um Ramta locality west of White Nile state.
Expanding Control
A source earlier reported that on Tuesday evening, the army seized all police posts and large parts of the Burri neighborhood in East Khartoum.
Military field sources told Al Jazeera that on Tuesday evening, the army and allied forces took control of the Khartoum International Fairgrounds in the east of the capital.
Meanwhile, local sources told Al Jazeera that RSF forces had withdrawn from the Al-Sahafa, Kalakla, and Al-Azhari areas in the southwestern and southern parts of the city.
A few days ago, the Sudanese army retook the presidential palace after two years of RSF control, along with several other government buildings in central Khartoum.
In this context, a military source said the Sudanese army had regained control of the towns of Al-Jadeed Imran and Al-Jadeed Al-Thawra on the border of Khartoum state near Gezira state after clashes with the RSF.
Yasser Al-Atta, assistant to the army’s commander-in-chief and a member of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, confirmed that the army and allied forces were engaged in fierce battles in the direction of Jabal Awliya, south of Khartoum.
In a simultaneous field development, military sources told Al Jazeera that the Sudanese army and its allied forces had advanced in the eastern and southeastern directions of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.
Drone Strikes
On the ground, local sources told Al Jazeera that RSF forces bombed the city of El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan (central Sudan), on Tuesday evening, killing one civilian and injuring five others, including a child who had a leg amputated.
Sources also said that on Wednesday morning, the RSF targeted several neighborhoods in the city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, with drones and heavy artillery.
The RSF has been besieging El Fasher for nearly a year, repeatedly attempting to storm the city but failing each time.
In recent weeks, the RSF has launched several drone attacks on cities outside the main combat zones, such as the city of Merowe.
Since mid-April 2023, Sudan has been witnessing a military war that has killed at least 20,000 people and displaced more than 14 million, according to the United Nations.
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