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The burning of an Egyptian plane at Meroe Airport, Sudan

April 17, 2023

Al-Jazeera reported that an Egyptian plane was burning at Meroe airport in northern Sudan.

Fighting continued in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, after the army and the Rapid Support Forces announced, in two separate statements, agreement on a United Nations proposal to open "Safe paths for humanitarian cases" For 3 hours, after more than 50 civilians were killed, including 3 workers of the World Food Program.

A military source in the Sudanese army in Marawi had said – on Sunday – that the rapid support vehicles fled from Marawi airport with a group of Egyptian prisoners on board, after the army managed to fully control it and captured a large number of soldiers and officers.

The source added "The media can come to Marawi Airport now that it is safe, and film our victory".

And the Rapid Support Forces had published earlier yesterday video clips that it said were of the families of a group of Sudanese army personnel, in addition to a number of Egyptian soldiers and officers at Meroe Airport.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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