Sudan’s army launched artillery and air strikes in Khartoum on Thursday, the largest offensive to retake terrain since the beginning of its 17-month conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses and military officials said.
The army’s advance came ahead of its leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, speaking later that day at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Witnesses reported heavy bombardments and clashes as army troops tried to cross bridges across the Nile connecting the three adjoining cities that make up the greater capital: Khartoum, Omdurman and Bahri.
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According to army sources, soldiers crossed bridges in Khartoum and Bahri.
The RSF informed journalsts that it had blocked the army’s effort to cross two bridges to Khartoum.
Though the army retook some area in Omdurman earlier this year, it is mostly relying on…