Chad condemns the threat of the Sudan Airport as a “Statement of War”

Chad condemned the threat of a senior Sudanese general to target his airport, calling it “the declaration of war.”

His Foreign Ministry said he would respond to international law if he threatened a “square meter of nail territory”.

The warning follows the comments of LT-Gen Yasir Al-Att, Deputy Commander of the Sudan Army, who said that UAE uses the Chad airport to deliver weapons to the paramilitary forces of the fast support (RSF).

The Sudanese army has repeatedly accused UAE of supporting its rival, the RSF, during the brutal two -year civil war, which created the worst humanitarian crisis.

The UN experts have described the charges of smuggling weapons of UAE -A RSF through Chad as “credible,” but Uae denied it.

Comments from LT-Gena ATTA are followed by a recent decision to transfer UAE to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for his alleged support to the RSF.

Speaking at the Ceremony of a military officer killed in a drone attack by RSF on Friday, while the army diverted the presidential palace, he said that the airports were in the capital of Chad N’Djamen and the eastern city of AMDJARASS “legitimate targets.”

Lt-Gag Atta said that against UAE, South Sudan and Chad’s President Mahammat Déby, an “retaliated action” would be taken.

South Sudan has also been charged with supporting RSF. It denied undergoing any side in the conflict.

“We know what we are saying, and our words are not a joke at all, nor is it easily talked about,” warned Lt-Gag Atta.

The BBC addressed Sudan to the explanation of his comments.

His comments reflect the deep frustration of the Sudanese army not only UAE, but also neighboring countries, accused of allowing their territory to be used as a supply route for RSF.

In December, Suda’s Ministry of Defense said the delivered weapon included strategic drones that carry guided rockets.

Chad positioned himself as a neutral, but the war of words exposes the growing regional instability caused by a Sudan Civil War, which is complicated by the involvement of external players.

“General Al-Atta should stop pronounced stupid threats and focus on the urgent need for immediate cessation of hostilities and without delaying in a constructive dialogue in favor of a peaceful and lasting solution,” Chad said, noting that there are hundreds of thousands of Sudan refuge, mostly from the control of the neighboring region.

The sharp exchange arrived because the RSF claimed that it seized Al-Malhu in Darfur, a city located on a vital trade road from Chad and Libya.

It also serves as a key intersection leading to El-Fasher approximately 200 km (125 miles), the last state capital in Darfur, still under military control, surrounded by the RSF for almost a year.

The rebel group announced that “it surrounded the enemy … leaving behind 380 dead,” after months of fighting with the coalition of armed groups of the Federal Sudanese army known as common forces.

Claimed that he “freed” the area and stated that “remained unwavering in [its] determination to end this war in favor of the Sudanese people. “

The BBC spoke with two members of local activist groups known as emergency rooms, which coordinated humanitarian relief for the city.

We do not use their names to protect them and their families.

They say that after RSF took control of the city, he closed the roads to prevent people from fleeing and imposing a lock.

The institutions do not work, says Ahmed (not his real name).

The hospital does not work, the main market is robbed and no one gets water, and suppliers usually deliver them from the tank.

Estimates killed in RSF Advance so far range from 35 to 48.

Ahmed, who monitors Darfur outside the country, said it was because the group broke up internet communication in Al-Malhi.

Failed to make contact with his mother and 11 siblings to find out what happened to them

Ismail (not his real name) managed to escape with his family during the night, to the village of Kenan, where many of the displaced al-Malhe also struggled to get food and water.

Others have taken refuge in the valleys among the nomadic goats and the cattlemen, Kamila, they told the BBC.

Ismail said many killed people were traders on the market because they belonged to the Zaghaw community, an ethnic base of joint forces.

RSF also burned the homes of those who thought they had a relationship with the army or government.

At least two traditional community leaders were killed, Ahmed said.

Analysts say the RSF seems determined in the consolidation of his stronghold Darfur after months of military gain in Central Sudan and the capital of Khartoum.

The group leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, vowed to fight in Khartoum despite the significant progress of the army last week.

Paravial fighters remain scattered in parts of the city center, including the airport, as well as the capital of the South and the West.

But the army says that it has constantly seized key infrastructure and buildings, including the central banking and state intelligence headquarters because it combines control over the area.

Completely regaining the rest of the capital would mark the central point in the war, giving the Sudanese army a strategic advantage on other battlefields of the country.

But many observers believe that there is a danger of a de-facto division, with the two warring parties and their supporters inserted into their influence zones.