By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Sudanese Armed Forces on Sunday announced that it had taken control of new strategic sites in the capital Khartoum, according to media reports
SAF spokesman Nabil Abdalla said in a statement that “Our forces in central Khartoum continue to pressure the militia and have taken control of the Corinthia Hotel and the Strategic Facilities Administration”.
“The headquarters of the National Intelligence Service have also been cleared, while militia members are desperately trying to flee from our forces everywhere at this moment,” he said.
The statement added that the army has also tightened control over key locations in central Khartoum, including the Zain Tower, the Central Bank of Sudan, the Sahel and Sahara Bank Tower, the Cooperative Tower, Bayan College, the National Museum, Sudan University of Science and Technology, and the Friendship Hall.
Sudanese army announced that it had taken control of the presidential palace and government headquarters in central Khartoum.
Abdalla announced in a televised statement that the SAF forces “managed to crush the remnants of the militia in the central areas of Khartoum, including the Al Souq Al-Arabi Market, the Republican Palace buildings and the ministries,”.
“Our forces have completely destroyed the enemy’s personnel and equipment and seized large quantities of its equipment and weapons in the mentioned areas,” he said.
Media reported that the battle for the palace intensified over the past few days, with the SAF deploying warplanes and drones against RSF fighters entrenched in high-rise buildings and government institutions.
Heavy artillery and airstrikes caused extensive damage, with activists sharing footage of fires raged in central Khartoum.
Sudanese army has reclaimed most of Khartoum, with the RSF holding only a few strongholds, including the Jabal Awliya area in the south, home to a major dam.
According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project cited by the UN, Sudan has been engulfed in conflict between the SAF and RSF since mid-April 2023, with almost 30,000 lives lost.
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