Khartoum – Clashes resumed on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in the capital Khartoum, as the Rapid Support Forces announced their commitment to a 72-hour truce.
Meanwhile, various areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum are witnessing shelling and exchanges of fire between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), despite the entry into force of a unilateral truce declared by the RSF.
The clashes had renewed in the vicinity of the headquarters of the General Command of the Armed Forces in Khartoum, and various areas in the Sudanese capital, in addition to the areas of Al-Kafouri and Salha in Omdurman.
Videos circulating showed the deployment of the Sudanese army in the Khartoum Bahri neighborhood following fierce battles with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
A statement by the support forces said the move was based on international, regional and local understandings.
pointed out that the truce coincides with Eid al-Fitr and to open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens and provide them with the opportunity to greet their families.
It affirmed its commitment during the declared truce period to a full ceasefire, warning against any excesses in this regard.
Army Sweeping Offensive
Ahead of the truce, the RSF accused the Sudanese army of launching a sweeping attack on residential areas, noting that the army used aircraft and heavy artillery in its attack.
On the other hand, the leadership of the Sudanese Armed Forces said that it carried out a ground combing operation in the entire state of Khartoum, after what it described as the success of an air decisive operation targeting the points of presence of the Rapid Support Forces in southern Khartoum.
The army confirmed that its air force had carried out concentrated strikes on RSF military columns en route to Khartoum.
Al-Burhan expresses hope that Sudan will overcome the crisis
On the other hand, the President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, expressed his hope to overcome the current crisis in Sudan and stressed the need to get out of it in a way that preserves the unity of the country and the transition to civilian rule.
Al-Burhan also expressed his hope to overcome what he described as the ordeal, and stressed the need to emerge from the crisis with greater unity, in a way that preserves the unity of the country, and the need to adhere to a safe transition to civilian rule in peace.
Burhan received phone calls from a number of presidents and foreign ministers, according to a statement from the Sudanese military.
The statement said Burhan had received calls from US and Arab foreign ministers, the Turkish president and the head of Egyptian intelligence.
Burhan also received calls from the President of South Sudan and the Ethiopian Prime Minister as well as the UN Secretary-General.
Domestic and international calls for a truce during Eid
The national forces in Sudan confirmed that they are working on preparing a comprehensive initiative to resolve the differences between the Sudanese parties.
The civilian forces that signed the framework agreement stressed the need to build on the truce in order to resolve existing differences.
The developments come as the United Nations announced that 20,000 Sudanese had fled the fighting to Chad, while the World Health Organization confirmed that more than 300 civilians had been killed since the clashes began.
