Mortar Bomb event in Khartoum, Wadi Sayedna area, Sudan on Thu 27th July 2023

Battles continued between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman and Bahri in the capital, Khartoum, and violent battles were renewed in Nyala on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses told Radio Dabanga that fierce battles took place between the two sides in the south of Omdurman, especially the neighborhoods of Mohandiseen and Al-Fatihab, south of Omdurman, while the army launched artillery shelling on targets in Bahri.

The Rapid Support Forces said that they carried out an operation at Wadi Sayedna base in Omdurman, which resulted in the destruction of two MiG and Antonov aircraft, while military sources said that Wadi Sayedna base was attacked by marches and mortar shelling, and two out of service planes were destroyed.

Artillery bombardment in Nyala

And in the state of South Darfur, fierce battles and exchanges of air and artillery bombardment were renewed between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Nyala, in the state of South Darfur, on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses said that the leadership of the 16th Infantry Division, Nyala, and the Rapid Support Forces exchanged artillery shelling on Thursday morning. A number of citizens confirmed that they heard loud explosions, which shook the north, south and west of the city, which led to the continuation of the movement of citizens from the southern neighborhoods of Nyala to the state of the north and east. Darfur and the various localities of the state.

Citizens revealed violent clashes in Nyala, south, at the entrance of Id al-Fursan, between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, in which heavy and light weapons were used, and indicated that another group of Rapid Support was preparing to attack the leadership of the 16th Infantry Division from the northern axes of Nyala.

The city of Nyala witnessed a cautious calm after four days of confrontations between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. Residents of the city of Nyala shared the situation on social media. They confirmed the power outage, the communication network and the deterioration of services.

civilian casualties

In Khartoum, the third-degree extension resistance committees in Khartoum announced the killing of citizen Hafez Noureddine by a sniper's bullet in front of his house on Wednesday.

And it stated in a statement that Hafez was killed by a sniper’s bullet while he was sitting in front of their house along square 13, and indicated that the body was transferred to the academic morgue in Khartoum.

On the other hand, Abd al-Hadi al-Kadro was killed by a stray bullet that hit him while he was inside his house on Thursday.