Large feathers of black smoke waves on Tuesday about the actual wartime of Sudan, when attacking a city that had become a refuge for civilians who fled the civil war, extended to a third day.
The Sudanese paramilitary group that is known as the Rapid Support Forces has launched a series of drone attacks on the militarily controlled Red Sea City Port Sudan, aimed at important civilian facilities, including the airport and a hospital.
On Tuesday, drones were a fuel depot near the harbor and the airport, according to several eyewitnesses, the rattling of the city and leaving the streets almost. Khalid Ali Aleisir, the Minister of Information from Sudan and the official government spokesperson, accused the group, known as the RSF, of carrying out a “criminal and terrorist attack” A message on social media.
“I assure our steadfast Sudanese people that the civil defense forces and all safety agencies fully perform their duties, and that the will of the Sudanese people will remain unbreakable,” said Mr. Aleisir in another after That showed him for a gigantic plume of smoke.
The drones also hit the chic Marina Hotel, where diplomats were supposed to stay, said witnesses. The hotel is close to government buildings.
No victims were reported and the RSF did not take responsibility for the attacks.
On Sunday, the paramilitary group Port Sudan attacked for the first time since the start of the war in 2023, so that tensions were sustained in a conflict that killed an estimated 15,000 people and displaced almost 13 million.
With the help of drones that are able to hit goals, hundreds of kilometers away, the group focused on an air base and a ammunition warehouse, a military spokesperson said on Sunday. Although the initial damage was limited, the attacks did not save civilian facilities.
Mohamed Ahmed said that when he saw smoke over the depot, it was a sign that the violence was getting closer, he said. Mr. Ahmed, 40, was Khartoum fled when the war started.
“I will not be displaced for another time,” he said, adding that he could send his family away if the fighting escalates.
“They both destroy the infrastructure of the country, and in the end only a destroyed and empty country will remain,” he said.
Thousands civilians fled To Port Sudan as fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese army, Khartoum reduced to rubble. When Hunger Need followed the fightsAuxiliary groups with limited access to the conflict zones have used Port Sudan as a basis for offering humanitarian lighting.
In March, Sudan’s soldiers pushed the paramilitary troops from Central Khartoem, in which he recovered the peeled presidential palace and the central bank in what a memorable shift was in more than two years of conflict.
The African Union said this week in a statement That it was relieved by the violence that “represents a dangerous escalation in the current conflict and a direct threat to the lives of citizens, humanitarian access and regional stability.”
Abdi Latif Dahir contributed reporting.
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