The Sudanese army previously announced that it had regained areas in Omdurman (Reuters)

Military sources in the Sudanese army said that army aviation launched a series of raids on Monday morning, on gatherings and sites of the Rapid Support Forces in two cities in North Darfur state, while the Rapid Support Forces said that the bombing caused the deaths of civilians.

Military sources explained that raids on the city of El Fasher - the capital of North Darfur state - led to the destruction of about 38 artillery and a number of combat vehicles, noting that similar and simultaneous raids targeted rapid support sites in the city of Kutum - one of the largest cities in North Darfur state - resulting in the killing of dozens. of Rapid Support soldiers, destroying 23 vehicles in one place, according to military sources.

For its part, the Rapid Support Forces said that they condemned the aerial bombardment carried out by what they described as “Burhan militias” at dawn today on the cities of Al-Fasher and Kutum in North Darfur, noting that it caused the death of 9 civilians and the injury of 14 others as a result of what it called “dropping explosive barrels.” In addition to burning 12 houses, according to her post on the X platform.

The Sudanese Army Air Force renews its daily raids on a number of Rapid Support Forces sites in North Darfur, with the aim of what is described as cutting off military supply lines that reach the Rapid Support Forces, across the country’s western borders with the Central African countries, Chad and Libya.

This is accompanied by an escalation of battles between the two sides with heavy and light artillery, missiles, marches, and aircraft in both the cities of Khartoum Bahri, north of the capital, and Omdurman, west of Khartoum.

Earlier this month, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during Ramadan. This resolution, presented by Britain, came after a call from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a ceasefire there.

Guterres stressed at the time that “the humanitarian crisis in Sudan is taking on enormous proportions, and half of the population needs humanitarian aid to survive and about 18 million people suffer from acute food insecurity,” warning that water supply and sanitation systems are collapsing, and diseases are spreading. .

Since last April 15, battles have been renewed between the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo “Hemedti,” leaving more than 13,000 dead and about 26,000 injured, in addition to the flight of about 7.6 million, according to the United Nations, where they were displaced. 6.1 million people within the country, while about 1.5 million people crossed into neighboring countries.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies