El Fasher, Sudan – Military confrontations in the city of El Fasher in Darfur Province, western Sudan, have entered a back-and-forth phase. The confrontations are between the army and the joint forces of the Darfur movements on the one hand and the Rapid Support Forces on the other hand.
This is considered an open urban war within a number of El Fasher neighborhoods.
Especially after the Rapid Support Forces’ recent incursion into the city’s southwestern axis, with its ongoing daily artillery shelling of the city’s center and north.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese army announced today, Saturday, that the Rapid Support Forces launched intensive artillery shelling on the city.
At the same time, military leaders of the joint forces confirmed their ability to protect the city. They can repel any attacks and attempts to penetrate deep into the city.
In addition to maintaining military and strategic headquarters.
Kordofan.. relative calm
In addition, the axes of military confrontations in the Kordofan states, adjacent to the Darfur region, maintained their relative calm during the past hours.
The Rapid Support Forces are currently entrenched in the city of Pará in the north.
While the rest of its forces maintain their positions west of the Umm Samima area, forty kilometers from the city of Al-Abyad. Al-Abyad is the capital of North Kordofan State.
Over the past weeks, the Rapid Support Forces have intensified their attacks. The focus is on the Darfur and Kordofan regions in the south of the country.
This is an attempt to strike a balance with the army. Notably, the army drove it out of the capital, Khartoum, and other major cities in the center of the country.
While the war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces entered its third year.
It has killed tens of thousands and forced millions to flee. Meanwhile, hunger is spreading throughout most parts of the country.
The conflict led to the division of Sudan into areas of influence.
The army controls the north and east of the country. In contrast, the Rapid Support Forces control most of Darfur in the west and parts of the south.
