7/17/2023-|Last update: 7/17/202307:37 PM (Mecca Time)
The commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamidti), said in an audio recording attributed to him, obtained by Al-Jazeera today, Monday, that the war in Sudan has doubled the suffering of the Sudanese, especially in Khartoum and Darfur, while the battles continued in the three cities of Khartoum, and the army bombed Rapid Support sites in the center of Umm Durman and its south.
Hamidti added that the war has exceeded 3 months, and that they are working hard with actors at home and abroad to mitigate its effects.
He stressed that “peace and stability in the state of freedom, justice and equality” was and still is the choice of his forces, but he stressed on the other hand that they are ready for the option of war and ready to sacrifice themselves.
The commander of the Rapid Support Forces said that they will not allow the defunct regime and the remnants to seize power again, as he put it.
He added that any victories, no matter how great, would not tempt his forces to advance with courage to accept the option of a political solution to the roots of the crisis.
It is noteworthy that since the outbreak of fighting 3 months ago, Hamidti appeared in public once alongside his fighters in Khartoum, and was satisfied with issuing audio recordings or written statements.
Continuous battles
On the ground, the Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the Sudanese warplanes today bombed gatherings of the Rapid Support Forces near the Sports City, south of Khartoum.
The army’s marches also carried out strikes on Rapid Support gatherings in the Al-Juraif area, east of the Sudanese capital, and the strikes also included the Khawla camp of the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum.
Local sources told Al-Jazeera that the warplanes bombed the “Hillat Hamad” area adjacent to the presidential palace in the city of “Khartoum Bahri” and destroyed weapons belonging to the Rapid Support Forces, while military sources affiliated with the army told Al-Jazeera that the armed forces had regained control of the “Dluca” garrison, southwest of the city of “Kadduli”. The capital of South Kordofan state, after battles with the forces of the “Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North” led by Abdel Aziz Al-Hilu.
In field developments as well, local sources told Al-Jazeera that the city of Kass (northwest of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state) witnessed clashes with heavy and light weapons between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces.
In the refugee file, the flow of people fleeing the Darfur confrontations to neighboring Chad continues. The number of Sudanese refugees in the Chadian city of “Adre” alone has reached about 100,000.
The Chadian authorities estimate the total number of refugees who have arrived in Chad since the start of the war in Sudan to be about 250,000, stressing that these refugees need urgent aid such as food, medicine and tents.
Since the start of the conflict in mid-April, more than 3,000 people have been killed, thousands injured, and more than 3 million people have been displaced, including nearly 700,000 who have fled to neighboring countries.
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2023-07-17 16:30:00
