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Le Point magazine said that the Sudanese army launched, a few hours before the general's speech Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan On a platform United Nations General Assemblya large-scale attack on Khartoum Which was lost in the first months of the war to the forces of Fast support Paramilitary.
The last major operation by the Sudanese Armed Forces dates back to last March, when it partially recaptured a city Omdurman West of Khartoum, where the national radio and television are located, three bridges linking Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri were restored in three days in this attack that had been prepared for a long time, according to the French magazine.
The magazine attributed – in a report by Augustine Baselli, its correspondent in Addis Ababa – to a diplomatic source saying that “it was important for the Sudanese Armed Forces to achieve tactical progress at that time because the Sudan issue had to be addressed in United Nations“, noting that “it is time for the army leaders to set foot in their capital to maintain the support of their population,” noting that the outcome of this attack is uncertain, but it impedes the possibility of a ceasefire.
The Rapid Support Forces, which had been more cooperative in participating in the negotiation process led by the United States and Saudi Arabia, announced that they would no longer negotiate with the army and would seek a military solution to the conflict, and a Rapid Support official said that they believed they would be able to reach Port Sudanwhere the pro-military government took refuge, “in less than two months if we liberate El Fasher“.
Expected violations
The capital of North Darfur state has been under an effective siege since last May, and United Nations representative Volker Türk has warned that the fall of El Fasher may be the beginning of ethnically motivated violations and abuses, including extrajudicial executions and sexual violence by the Rapid Support Forces and their allied militias.
A Sudanese researcher specializing in military movements, who preferred to remain anonymous, confirmed that “the Rapid Support Forces mobilized a lot of resources, and were even forced to withdraw their forces from other areas, while the army is still exploiting the weaknesses of the paramilitary forces, which are frustrated after these long months of fighting.” “.
“Between 4,000 and 6,000 soldiers who were just deployed to Khartoum over the past few months have been trained for this counterattack,” says Kholoud Khair, director of the Confluence Advisory Research Center, noting that they might make a difference if they were trained in urban warfare, which might convince Egypt. Qatar and other Sudanese Armed Forces allies continue their support to reclaim several areas of the capital.
The magazine recalled the catastrophic humanitarian situation, as it recorded Doctors Without Borderswhich continues to support two of the last operating hospitals in the capital, about 10 wounded the previous Saturday and 15 wounded last Sunday, in addition to the killing of 6 people in an air attack.
