SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Mada Masr – Sudan Nashra
Four summaries
Khartoum city
Mada Masr report that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued to targeted the Armored Corps, with a senior source saying the army aims to connect its main camps in Khartoum and secure the state, although a specific timeline for completing these stages has not been set.
The source also said the RSF in Khartoum has now turned into mere rogue gangs, no longer conducting military offensives, instead using tactics that resemble street warfare. The main formation of RSF troops has been fragmented, the source said, attributing this transformation to the impact of the battles in al-Fashir, which led to a significant withdrawal of RSF fighters from Khartoum.
Those remaining in Khartoum and Al-Jazira are either forces recruited from criminals who escaped from prisons or rogue groups that previously lived off looting and banditry, or from civilian groups that have aligned with RSF leaders.
Bahri (Khartoum North)
Mada Masr report that, in northern Bahri’s Weapons Corps, the armed forces continue to deploy across various fronts to cut off the RSF’s military supplies to the Jaili area where they are stationed.
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Air Force targeted some of the remaining fuel depots used by the RSF. An engineering source at the refinery told Mada Masr on condition of anonymity that the military has taken all the strategic fuel depots out of service.
The source said that the refinery will not be able to process fuel anytime soon, meaning oil coming from South Sudan will pass through without any refining. The source added that the oil from South Sudan, which has been disrupted by military operations, will soon be transported to the Bashayer Port for export.
Al-Fashir
In Al-Fashir, Mada Masr report that the RSF has implemented military tactics that have caused residents to flee various neighborhoods, targeting healthcare facilities, including the maternity hospital. A medical source told Mada Masr that RSF military operations are concentrated around medical areas and regions providing food and water to displaced persons within the city. The number of displaced individuals has exceeded 70,000, dispersed across different localities in the state, including Kutum and Tawila, according to the source.
A source from Northern State’s Dabba told Mada Masr that there is a significant increase in the number of displaced persons arriving to the locality this week.
One of the displaced persons who fled Fasher told Mada Masr that the journey to Dabba took four days due to the RSF’s roadblock, setting up checkpoints, and threatening citizens on the basis of their ethnicity.
Libya
A source from the Joint Forces told Mada Masr that that battles have erupted within Libya, near the Sudanese border, between factions affiliated with the Revolutionary Awakening Council that dissented from Hilal, and factions from the Sudan Liberation Movement (Minnawi). The purpose of these battles, the source said, is to halt military supplies and reinforcements to the RSF.
Military-aligned forces affiliated with Minnawi, along with Hilal’s troops, are attempting to completely sever supply routes to the RSF. This has led to the battles spilling over into Libyan territory.
Sennar
Mada Masr report that the RSF seized the strategic Jebel Moya area, with sources saying that controlling this area directly threatening the cities of Sennar and Rabak, and the Kenana military base in the White Nile State.
A senior Sudanese military officer told Mada Masr that the military will fight fiercely to retake it.
Mada Masr’s observations indicate that both sides are amassing more troops and tanks, preparing for a decisive battle before the rain season in autumn, which is expected to affect supply routes.
The RSF reportedly killed over 20 in villages around Jebel Moya during widespread looting. Fearing violations, citizens began to flee but streets were soon filled in celebration alongside soldiers after the army’s defence.