Air Delivered event in Khartoum, Khartoum area, Sudan on Sun 6th August 2023

The army bombed the presidential palace for the first time in months

The army launched an air and artillery bombardment of the Republican Palace and armored vehicles near Omdurman on Sunday.

Sources revealed to Radio Dabanga that the warplanes launched air strikes on the Republican Palace, which is controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, for the first time in months.

 The army also launched intense air raids on targets in the vicinity of the armored corps in Khartoum and in the areas of Omdurman. Thick plumes of smoke rose in Bahri.

On Saturday, the vicinity of the Armored Corps in al-Shajara witnessed violent battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

The spokesman for the armed forces, Nabil Abdullah, said in a press statement on Saturday that the army was able to repel an attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the perimeter of the armored vehicles, causing them loss of life and property. He denied the media reports that the army had taken control of Al-Matar Street.

For its part, the Rapid Support Forces said in a statement that the army tried to break the siege imposed on the armored corps, but its forces managed to repel the attack, causing the army to lose lives and property. It indicated that it had doubled its siege on armored vehicles.

In Omdurman, one civilian was killed and another wounded in heavy shooting towards Al-Mahdawi on Saturday.