RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan deepen threat to government stronghold
The RSF has allegedly launched back-to-back drone strikes on Port Sudan, targeting key infrastructure in the de facto administrative capital.
On Monday, Sudan’s paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), allegedly conducted a second drone strike in under 48 hours on Port Sudan, targeting a fuel depot in the southern part of the city.
What happened: Videos circulated on social media showing fire and smoke rising from industrial storage tanks, apparently part of a petroleum facility owned by Nepta Petroleum on the city’s southern outskirts.
🚨 اندلعت النيران صباح اليوم الإثنين، في أحد مستودعات البترول بمدينة بورتسودان، وذلك عقب استهداف يُعتقد أنه تم عبر طائرة مسيّرة٬ وتتابع الجهات المختصة تطورات الحادث لتحديد حجم الأضرار والجهة المسؤولة عن الهجوم.#Sudan_War_Updates pic.twitter.com/8u9IFyvtxm
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Security sources told Reuters that the RSF carried out the strike using a drone, marking its second attack on Port Sudan in two days — and the second time the group has struck the city during its two-year conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
On Sunday, the RSF struck Osman Digna Air Base, a goods warehouse and other civilian facilities in Port Sudan, according to SAF spokesperson Brigadier Nabil Abdallah.
