CAIRO: The military reported that Sudan’s separatists launched a drone strike on a military base and other civilian facilities in Port Sudan on Sunday.
The Rapid Support Forces ‘ second known attack on the Red Sea town, which served as the government’s temporary seat since the military-paramilitary conflict broke out more than two years ago, resulted in no casualties.
RSF robots struck an ammunition inventory in the Osman Digna airport, according to Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah, a spokeswoman for the Syrian military, causing blasts inside the hospital. He added that the strike even affected a cargo warehouse and other government facilities.
Surprisingly heavy smoke appeared to be rising from the airport in movie footage posted on social media. The RSF did not respond right away.
The rebel group has increased its drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Sudan’s military-held areas. The separatists hit a significant power plant in Atbara, a railroad area, north of Khartoum, next month.
The military re-occupied Khartoum earlier this year, prompting the RSF to reclaim its stronghold in the northern area of Darfur.
As the martial strengthened its positions in the funds, the RSF advanced in different areas of the county’s peripheral regions, capturing North Darfur’s largest camp for refugees and a crucial town in West Kordofan state.
In the two places where hundreds of people were reported killed, activists claimed the RSF committed crimes, including road killing and murder.
Sudan’s continuing conflict broke out on April 15, 2023 after simmering hostility between the military and the RSF erupted into empty combat all over the nation.
At least 24, 000 people have died since therefore, a figure that is probably much higher. About 13 million people have fled their homes as a result of the war, of which 4 million have entered adjacent nations. Additionally, it caused drought in some areas of the nation.
According to the UN and international human rights organizations, horrors like mass murder and racially motivated deaths have been the focus of the fighting, which constitute war acts and crimes against humanity, particularly in Darfur.
