Rapid Support acknowledges the loss of radio and television and accuses the army of violating the truce. Analysts considered that the Sudanese army's restoration of control over the radio and TV headquarters in Omdurman represented a pivotal turning point in the course of the war.

The Rapid Support Forces used it as a military barracks and a detention site. Of 200 militants, including prominent field commanders close to the Rapid Support Commander, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo - Hemedti - and his deputy, Abdel Rahim Dagalo.