Al Jazeera Net correspondents
Khartoum- More than 3 months after losing the strategic Jebel Muya area in Sennar State in southeastern Sudan, he announced Sudanese army On Saturday evening, he regained control of the area from Rapid Support Forces. He also clashed with the forces in White Nile State, ending the siege of the two states and paving the way for the return of the capital. Sinar And crawl towards Wad Madani Present Gezira StateAccording to the analysis of military experts.
This comes after bloody battles that lasted for days under the supervision of a member of the Sovereignty Council and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Shams al-Din Kabbashi, as part of a major military operation launched in Khartoum On September 26, before expanding to include the states of Sennar and Al-Jazira, in addition to locations in the states of North and West. DarfurWith the participation of the joint force of the armed movements, to restore areas under the control of the Rapid Support Forces.
The Jebel Moya area, located 296 kilometers south of Khartoum and 32 kilometers from the city of Sennar, is one of the strategic areas in the current war, as it connects the states of Sennar, White Nile, Gezira andBlue NileAnd it opens towards the northern state Kordofan And the Darfur region to the west.
Happy to be back
On June 25, the Rapid Support Forces took control of the Moya mountain range, cutting off supply routes from the states of White Nile, Kordofan, and Darfur. They also moved forces from the mountain to invade most of the cities of Sennar State, including Sinja, the state capital, then Dinder, Dali, Al-Mazmoum, and Kirkuk.
On Saturday evening, platforms affiliated with the Sudanese army published video clips of officers and soldiers celebrating and congratulating each other on the victory, and announcing the return of control over the areas of Jabal Muya after fierce battles with the Rapid Support Forces, most recently in the areas of Mahla, Al-Balijab, and Naqouqa Al-Jabal.
The Sovereignty Council statement said that Shams al-Din Kabbashi, Deputy Commander of the Army, supervised the conduct of military operations in several axes, “until the Sennar forces clashed with the crocodiles of the White Nile, and the Sennar-Rabak national road was opened,” which means opening supply routes from the ports of eastern Sudan in the Red Sea to The White Nile in the south, and the Kordofan and Darfur regions in the west.
Kabashi pledged to “continue marching until the last inch of this country is cleansed,” in reference to the Rapid Support Forces.
Today, Sunday, the Deputy Army Commander moved to the city of Al-Manaqil in Al-Jazeera State, which is controlled by Sudanese forces. The Sovereignty Council said in a statement that Kabbashi received during his visit a report on the progress of military operations in the Al-Jazeera State axis, with the participation of the White Nile State Operations Supervisor, Haider Ali Al-Tarifi.
The governor of Al-Jazira State, Al-Tahir Ibrahim, said that the liberation of Wad Madani and the elimination of the Rapid Support Forces in the state were on the horizon, considering the restoration of Mount Muya a bridge to restore the villages and cities of the state.
On the other hand, 3 employees (members) of the Rapid Support Forces reserved their comment to Al Jazeera Net about the course of military operations, and said that “their conversation will be in the field, not in the media.”
Military importance
The Jabal Muya region belongs administratively to the state of Sennar, and is located to the north of the main road linking the state with the White Nile, which is 98 kilometers long, 24 kilometers west of the city of Sennar, and 71 kilometers west of the city of Rabak in the White Nile. It also contains Train station and railway line connecting Sennar andKosti In the White Nile.
The area of the area is about 12 square kilometers, and includes 9 villages, and it was named Mount Muiya due to the large number of water springs on the mountain. It is also an area of geographical overlap between the states of Sennar, White Nile, and Gezira.
Military expert Taha Muhammad Ismail believes that Mount Muwayya gains military importance because it is located in a central area between the three major army barracks: the “17th Infantry” Division in Sennar, the “265th Air Forces” Brigade in Sennar from the east, and the “18th Infantry” Division. In Kosti from the west.
Speaking to Al Jazeera Net, Ismail says that liberating the Jabal Muwayya area means isolating the Rapid Support Forces deployed in the cities of Sinja, Al-Suki, Al-Dindar, and Abu Hajjar. He added that “this military development places rapid support in the pincers” of the 4th Army Division in Blue Nile State in the east, the 17th Division in Sinnar in the west, the 2nd Division in the east and the 18th Division in the White Nile in the south, as there is no option for these forces other than to flee or surrender in front of the army's vehicles after being cut off. Its supply lines,” according to the expert.
As for the security and military expert, Salem Abdullah, he believes that the liberation of Jabal Muya has military and economic effects, as it means the flow of the movement of commercial goods from the port of Port Sudan to the White Nile in the center of the country, to the Blue Nile in its southeast, and westward to the states of Kordofan and Darfur, which will lead to an abundance of goods. The decline in their prices has doubled due to scarcity.
According to what the expert told Al Jazeera Net, the army’s advance in the cities of Khartoum and the joint forces in Darfur will raise the morale of the army and put the Rapid Support Forces under pressure, pushing them to carry out suicide operations and to desperately defend their positions in the states of Sennar and Al Jazeera.