Sudan paramilitary suffers crushing defeat in Omdurman
Collapse of RSF resistance in eastern part of Sudan's largest city
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are being steamrolled in Sudan’s largest city, Omdurman, losing a large amount territory, men, and equipment under a relentless combined-arms assault involving infantry, drones, and artillery.
The latest fighting coincides with the first two days of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, ignoring appeals by the United Nations for a temporary ceasefire.
After relieving the siege of Corps of Engineers in central Omdurman mid-February, the Sudanese army trapped hundreds or possibly thousands of RSF fighters in eastern neighborhoods of the city, an area known as Old Omdurman.
In the following weeks, the army consolidated control over northern neighborhoods of this district—including Wad Nubawi, Abu Rof, and Beit al-Mal—confining the RSF troops in an increasingly small pocket of territory centered around the state television and radio complex in Al-Mawrada.
The battle culminated today in an attempt by the RSF to break out of this pocket, which failed spectacularly, j…