Sudanese army fighter jets aircraft flew heavily over Khartoum on Saturday, after a night of heavy fighting between the military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
On Friday, the Sudanese army launched heavy air raids in various parts, concentrated north of Khartoum in the vicinity of Jisr al-Halfaya and Jisr Shambat, and the neighborhoods of Maamoura and Arkuit in eastern Khartoum.
The bombardment extended to eastern Omdurman, where the radio and television building witnessed aerial bombardment and heavy artillery.
According to witnesses, the Sudanese army’s Special Action Force (SAF) has cordoned off the radio and television building and is advancing in large parts of Omdurman.
In western Khartoum, eyewitnesses reported heavy army deployment in neighborhoods adjacent to the Armored Corps, which continues to see fierce clashes between the two sides of the war.
Despite confirming that there is no meeting between Sudanese Army Commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemeti) anywhere in the near future to continue the escalation, the political advisor of Hemeti, Youssef Ezzat, confirmed that the work is ongoing to consolidate the ceasefire
He added that the mediation efforts of the US and Saudi Arabia are still ongoing, stressing that their position is positive regarding the Arab and regional initiatives at hand.
As for the Turkish drones, he pointed out that his forces are waiting for the disclosure of the fact of their arrival to support the army, saying: “They do not scare us.”
The RSF are capable of rebuffing any Turkish drones, he said, adding that the army used the drones in the past to injure its officers.
The US State Department announced that there is no political will to end the conflict among the two parties in Sudan.
Saudi Arabia and America continue to engage the parties to the conflict in Sudan to fulfill the obligations they claim they want to make with regard to a ceasefire, as well as to allow humanitarian aid to reach all areas.
Sudan slid into the abyss of fighting between the army and the RSF on 15 April, as the military and civilian sides finalized a political process that was supposed to lead to the formation of a civilian government.
