Khartoum woke up, on Tuesday morning, to a fourth day of violent clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and the army.
While warplanes flew over “Khartoum Bahri”, targeting support headquarters.
Evacuation of patients from a hospital in Sudan
Violent clashes
Simultaneously, violent clashes erupted again in the vicinity of the presidential palace in the center of the capital, according to Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent.
He confirmed the sound of heavy and medium artillery and anti-aircraft shells in Khartoum North.
Khartoum is thirsty
While thousands of civilians are still stuck in their homes in the capital, without even drinking water or the minimum daily needs of food and medical care, especially after the failure to maintain a ceasefire and open safe paths.
Rapid Support publishes a video claiming that it is from inside the General Command
In addition, the Sudan Doctors Committee announced that most of the capital’s hospitals and health facilities were out of service.
While the two warring military teams continued to exchange responsibilities and victories as well.
While the Rapid Support Forces announced control of the presidential palace and the official television building, the army denied this.
Hospitality building
The support forces also claimed control of the hospitality building adjacent to the headquarters of the General Command, without the possibility of confirming it from an independent source.
These field developments came amid panic among the civilian population, and hospitals suffering from a shortage of medicines and medical aid, with the capital’s airport closed for the fourth day in a row.
From Khartoum (Reuters)
While the death toll rose to about 180, and 1,800 wounded were recorded as a preliminary outcome.
Numerous non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies announced the suspension of their activities, in a decision that will have dire repercussions in a country where hunger affects more than one in three of its 45 million population.
It is noteworthy that these bloody clashes erupted last Saturday, days after the Rapid Support Forces pushed about 100 vehicles towards the Marawi base in the northern state, in addition to some vehicles at their centers in Khartoum, which provoked the army, which confirmed that these mobilizations were illegal, and took place without coordination with it. .
However, the Rapid Support Forces confirmed that they had coordinated with the armed forces, refusing to withdraw these mechanisms, so that fighting would break out later, in a country that, since 2019, has been trying to find its way towards a new democratic rule, turning the page on ousted President Omar al-Bashir.
