Africa-Press. The Sudanese Minister of Defense, Hassan Dawood Kabirun, announced that the armed forces have made field progress on the battlefronts in Kordofan, the Blue Nile region, and Darfur, confirming that the Rapid Support Forces have suffered human and material losses during recent military operations.
Kabirun stated in a statement that the army continues to advance steadily with popular support and under what he described as “the legitimacy of the battle,” emphasizing that military operations will continue until the defeat of the Rapid Support Forces and the complete securing of Sudanese territory.
He added that the Rapid Support Forces are currently experiencing their “weakest state,” considering that the looting and theft attributed to their elements in areas of Kordofan and Darfur reflect a decline in their field capabilities and a disintegration of their ranks.
The states of North, South, and West Kordofan, in addition to Darfur and the Blue Nile region, are witnessing escalating confrontations between the Sudanese army on one side and the Rapid Support Forces and their allies on the other.
In the Blue Nile, the army recently announced the recovery of several sites after confrontations with the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North, led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, including the Fashfoon area, following the recovery of the city of Kurmuk and other areas in the region.
The Rapid Support Forces and their allies are attempting to expand their controlled areas in the Blue Nile and open lines of advance toward strategic sites, while the army has deployed reinforcements to the area to prevent them from reaching cities and areas under government control.
In Kordofan, battles are concentrated around the roads and centers linking central Sudan to the Darfur region, while the city of Al-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, is subjected to repeated attacks by drones targeting water, electricity, and fuel facilities.
As the army achieves intermittent field progress on several fronts, Washington is exerting increasing pressure on Khartoum to accept a truce followed by a comprehensive ceasefire, and then a political settlement that would keep the Rapid Support Forces in control of the Darfur region, while handing power to the “Foundation” alliance loyal to Washington and allied with the Rapid Support Forces. However, the Sudanese government and army reject any ceasefire that does not focus on the complete withdrawal of the Rapid Support Forces, considering that any political arrangement must be preceded by a complete withdrawal from those areas and the restoration of state control over its entire territory.
