Sudan.. Plane overflights, explosions, worsening humanitarian situation and Sudanese army: What we are discussing in Jeddah are mechanisms to extend the truce

Al Jazeera correspondent said that warplanes flew in large parts of central Khartoum and Khartoum North, and violent explosions rang out in the vicinity of the presidential palace, central Khartoum and the neighborhood of Wabourat in the capital, with the start of talks on Saturday morning between the two parties to the fighting in the Saudi city of Jeddah and the confirmation of a spokesman for the Sudanese army that what is being discussed is mechanisms to extend the truce.

The correspondent said the sounds of heavy weapons were heard in the morning hours and plumes of smoke rose in various locations in central Khartoum and south of Khartoum North.

The Association of Professional Pharmacists (a component of the SPA said) that "the Rapid Support Militia occupied a number of hospitals in Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman, looted homes and terrorized citizens."

The RSF is using citizens as human shields, looting banks, citizens' cars and personal belongings, and taking control of the Stack medical laboratory and central pharmacy in Khartoum, he said, according to a statement from the group.

The grouping announced that it was working to collect signatures to condemn the rapid support behaviors and classify it as a terrorist group, as they put it.

For its part, the Rapid Support Forces, in a statement, accused the Sudanese army of shooting at the car of the Turkish ambassador in Khartoum "after prior coordination between the two parties on the evacuation, adding that the embassy buildings are under the control of the army, according to the statement.

In turn, the Sudanese army said in a statement that "the Rapid Support Militia is shooting at the car of the Turkish ambassador and detaining him."

Meanwhile, the preliminary committee of the Sudan Medical Syndicate announced in a statement that the number of civilian deaths since the beginning of clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has risen to 479 and 2518,<> people have been injured.

Jeddah Talks

On the political front, Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah, spokesman for the Sudanese army, told Al Jazeera that the Jeddah talks will discuss aspects related to the truce to serve humanitarian purposes first.

He added that what is being discussed in Jeddah are mechanisms for extending the truce, not a final ceasefire agreement.

The spokesman also stated that the army controls the situation in all states of Sudan, and said that "the headquarters of the Rapid Support Militia are either destroyed or have been controlled."

"There is a presence of rebels in the capital Khartoum", he said, referring to the RSF, and that they use citizens as human shields, he said.

For their part, Saudi Arabia and the United States announced in a statement that they welcome the start of pre-negotiation talks between representatives of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah today.

The two countries urged the parties to the talks to take into account the interests of the Sudanese people and actively engage in efforts aimed at a ceasefire and ending the conflict, the statement said.

The spokesman for the political process in Sudan, Khaled Omar Yusuf, in a tweet on Twitter, welcomed the Jeddah talks and expressed his hope that these talks will reach a complete ceasefire that paves the way for a comprehensive political solution that ends the suffering of the people of Sudan and preserves the unity of the state.

The Alliance of Freedom and Change Forces, the Democratic Bloc Group, also welcomed the start of talks between the Sudanese army delegations and the Rapid Support Forces in Jeddah, while the alliance renewed its rejection of the framework agreement between the civilian and military components on the transitional period, as it was the reason for the clashes, he said.

For his part, the commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagloa, aka Hemedti, praised what he called regional and international efforts to reach a ceasefire that facilitates the opening of humanitarian corridors that enable citizens to access services, as he put it.

Hemedti said that the RSF adheres to its firm and declared position on the need to reach a civilian transitional government that establishes a sustainable democratic transition.