The Sudanese Army of the Chief visited the recounted headquarters, promises to ‘eradicate’ RSF | Sudanese war news

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits a key military place as who the boss denies a deadly attack on the Darfur Hospital in the Darfur region.

The Chief of the Sudan Army Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited the military headquarters in the Khartoum capital in his first appearance, since the government’s forces claimed that they had a multi-month siege by paramilitary forces of fast support (RSF).

Accompanied by top military officials on Sunday, Al-Knar praised the “resistance and victims of” soldiers who defended military general command for 20 months, promising “eradicating” RSF and following their fighters “in every corner of Sudan”.

He also welcomed the continuation of the surgery of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) elsewhere in the country, including Omdurman, Bahri and El-Fasher, where fierce conflicts have been reported in recent days.

“Our forces are at its best,” Al-Kni said at the headquarters that was founded last week after the RSF surrounded it since the beginning of the war in April 2023.

The announcement of SAF on Friday that he successfully raised the RSF blockade at Khartoum and took control of parts of the city signaled a potential turning point in the nearly two-year war. The RSF denied the army claims as a “propaganda” aimed at strengthening morals.

Earlier this month, the army was conquered by Wad Madani, the capital of the Gazi State, held by RSF for over a year. There are reports that military forces are executed alleged ethnic killings After taking over the strategic city.

The RSF is accused of committing various abuse – including the allegations of the United States of performing genocide during the war.

Hiba Morgan Al Jazeera, reporting from Khartoum, said the Al-Burhan comments on Sunday announced that the general was not currently interested in diplomacy.

“Al-Burhan made it clear that he would not keep negotiations with the RSF, that there would be no reconciliation and that he would fight until the last rebel killed himself,” she said.

“It’s not the first time we hear those words from the head of the army, but the regional partners and international community have tried to continue the diplomatic solution. It seems that General Al-Burhan has decided for a military victory, especially since in the last few weeks the army has been able to recover control over more territories. “

Attack on a ‘packed patient’ hospital

The appearance comes as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) refused an attack that killed dozens of people at the El-Fasher hospital in the Darfur region.

The attack was aimed at the Saudi hospital late on Friday, the main hospital in the besieged area. It was not immediately clear who performed the attack. A local official said the RSF had taken a strike of an unmanned aircraft.

At least 70 people were killed and 19 were woundedWho was confirmed on Sunday by Director General Tedros Adhan Ghebreyesus.

“At the time of the hospital’s attack, she was full of patients who received care,” Tedros said in a post on X.

Saudi Arabia condemned the attack as “a violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”

Local groups and international rights groups previously reported Attacks on displacement campsites and other contents RSF who killed and wounded civilians.

More than 5,000 people have been killed or injured since the RSF began their attempt to take over El-Fasher last May, according to local authorities.

El-Fasher is the largest city and has the largest functional airport in the Darfur region, said Amgad Fareid Eltayeb of Fikra for Studies and Development Tank for Development. This is the last large area in the region controlled by the army.

“RSF is trying to take El-Fasher to set a scene to announce his own government with his allies,” Eltayeb told Al Jazeera.

“What the RSF and his allies want is to fully take over Darfur to establish a government, leaving a Sudan model similar to what happened in Libya.”

Eltayeb also expressed concern about the RSF attack pattern of January 15. Water dams, power plants and oil refineries.