This Saturday morning, the crisis in Sudan entered a very sensitive turn, after armed clashes broke out between the two wings of the military component in Sudan, the army led by the head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).
The current crisis between the two forces began to escalate last Thursday when the Sudanese army declared that the movements of the RSF, particularly in the city of Marawi, were illegal.
Below we review what has happened in Sudan today so far.
Clashes started near the Marawi military base area and Khartoum. It is reported that the clashes then moved to the state of North Darfur.
The Rapid Support Forces said army units attacked their headquarters. A representative of the Sudanese army confirmed this, but indicated that this attack was in response to the Rapid Support Forces’ attacks on military detachments in several neighborhoods of the city.
Later, there were reports of air raids launched by the army on the headquarters. The army also destroyed more than 80 vehicles belonging to the Special Forces in the city of Marawi.
All entrances to the presidential palace in Khartoum have been closed off, and the palace itself is surrounded by armored vehicles belonging to the Sudanese army, Sky News Arabia reported.
The Rapid Support Forces announced that they had taken control of the airports of Khartoum and Marawi, and television reports reported that they had captured several fighter jets at Marawi airport. But later, the army confirmed that it controls the airports of Khartoum and Meroe.
Sudanese TV stopped broadcasting after reports of gunfire at its headquarters.
The commander of the Sudanese army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, is personally following the developments of the situation. On the other hand, the Rapid Response Forces announced that they had taken control of Al-Burhan’s residence, but the army denied these statements. According to the head of security of the head of the sovereign council (the country’s governing body), al-Burhan "In a safe place and personally follows what is happening" According to Russia Today.
Al-Burhan clarified the possibility of transferring additional military units to Khartoum from other regions if the clashes with the Rapid Support Forces continued.
The commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, described the confrontation with the army as not optional. He thinks " The outcome of the battle will be decided in the coming days."
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