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The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces said on Monday that they had seized an airport west of the capital, Khartoum, that was under the control of the Sudanese army.
She added that the Sudanese army – which has been fighting against it since mid-April – was using Balila Airport in West Kordofan State to launch warplanes.
Battles took place between the two sides in the cities of Al-Obeid and Al-Fasher in the west of the country in the past few days, with the resumption of talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia in the city of Jeddah with the aim of reaching a permanent ceasefire.
The ongoing conflict between the two sides resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis with the displacement of about 6 million people, in addition to the killing of thousands, destruction of the capital, Khartoum, and ethnically motivated killings in West Darfur.
The Rapid Support Forces said last week that they had taken control of Nyala, the second largest city in Sudan and the capital of South Darfur state.
A Nyala resident said that the army continued its air strikes, exploiting its main advantage in the war, despite the Rapid Support Forces taking control of its main base in the city.
On the other hand, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced – Monday – that the Rapid Support Forces released 64 soldiers from the Sudanese army that they were detaining.
She added that the released persons were transferred from Khartoum to Wad Madani (200 km south of the capital) based on a request from both parties to the conflict that the International Committee assume the role of neutral mediator in this process.
The war between the Sudanese army forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) left more than 9,000 people dead, according to a United Nations report, displaced more than 5.6 million people and destroyed most of the infrastructure.
