The Sudan Army restores the presidential palace in Khartoum

The Sudanese military forces regained the presidential palace in the capital, which revolves around the battle, Khursum, early on Friday, indicating a possible turning point in the destroyed civil war of Sudan, which is now approaching its third year.

Videos and photos released on Friday morning showed that the soldiers stand victorious at the entrance to the devastating palace, which overlooks the Nile, after days of heavy fighting with the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, the strong paramilitary group that the army was fighting.

“We are inside!” An unidentified officer shouted in one video, as the soldiers gathered the chanting around him. “We are in the Republican Palace!”

The Minister of Information of Sudan confirmed that the palace returned to the government’s control. “Today the flag is raised, the palace is returned, and the journey continues until the victory is completed,” Minister of Khaled Ali Al -Hara, books On social media.

It was a great symbolic victory for the Sudan Army, who lost most of the Khartoum in front of RSF in the early days of the war in April 2023. It was also a large boost of the six -month -old army car to expel the paramilitary forces completely from the city.

A few days ago, the RSF leader, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan, pledged to stand at home. “You don’t think we will retract from the palace.”

But the military and vital militias, which gradually seized most of the northern and eastern parts of the city, were severely pressured their goal. Early on Thursday, the army launched a great ambush on the RSF convoy south of the palace, apparently when the RSF forces tried to escape.

The shooting and explosions can be heard in the capital all most of the Thursday.

“God is the greatest. We have captured the Republican Palace,” Missaba Abu Zaid, the leader of the Bara bin Malik battalion, a Islamic militia who fought alongside the army with the battle moved to the center of Khartoum, was written on social media.

the It launched a major counter -attack Last September. Since then, it has acquired strategic bridges on the Nile, and in recent months, it has seized the north and the east of the city.

The war erupted in April 2023 after months of tension between the military president, General Abd al -Fattah Burhan, and General Hamdan from RSF, the two men seized power in a military coup in 2021, but they were unable to agree on how to integrate their forces.

Since RSF has withdrawn from East and North Khartoum since January, the dark war in war has become clearly clear.

The entire regions became charred land, as reported by journalists in the New York Times last week in the city.

The bullet -tied vehicles are placed across the abandoned streets. The residential blocks stood up or looted, and opened the banks. White smoke released from giant wheat silo.

In the city center, the army snipers trained their rifles through the windows of an abandoned luxurious residential bloc overlooking the Nile. On the remote bank, a river boat fell next to it. Noise drone monitoring plane.

Lace curtain around the censor. Major Ismail Hassan, looking through his perspectives in the presidential palace, the bombing, which sat in a group of hollow offices.

“They have many snipers spread in long buildings,” said the army officer. “This makes it very difficult.”

He said that the best snipers in RSF came from Ethiopia, citing military intelligence reports. A document found by the Times at an abandoned RSF base in the city, which recounted the newly Ethiopian recruits, supported this idea.

With some estimates, the population of the capital was reduced about eight million to two million people. Many residents said that in the recent areas, the army moved the residents to temporary camps on the edge of the city, where the army is examining the sympathizers with RSF.

For those who are still in the city, there was a clear feeling of relief, and RSF disappeared.

“On the days before their departure, they demanded the money,” said Kamal Gama, 42, who used the water from a broken tube on the street. “If you can’t pay, they have shot you.”

Mr. Juma MPPED sweat on his forehead.

“We cannot take more of this war,” he said.

Analysts say that even if the army is able to lead RSF from khartoum, there is a little possibility of the war soon.

What began as the owner of the power between the generals has exploded into a much wider conflict feeding a confusing group of foreign powers.

The United Arab Emirates supports RSF with rifles, aircraft aircraft and mercenaries, I mentioned the Times. This support has continued in recent months, even since the United States RSF accused the genocide In January, according to Western officials and some of them American lawmakers.

The UAE denies supporting the paramilitary forces.

On the other hand, two Western officials did not reveal his identity that Russia, Iran, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have sold or paid weapons to the Sudan army.

In parts of the city, wild shrubs spread in empty streets, adding to the terrible air. The faded advertising panels, which were built before the war, were announced by goods at the current ten prices-a reflection of the overwhelming economic cost of the war.

But the image is significantly different in Omndorman, western Nielland, controlled by the army. Here, markets and restaurants are noisy, and even jewelry stores were reopened with the retreat of the population.

Even here, although death is not far.

On Monday night, a RSF Rockets car landed on a quiet street where six neighbors gathered under a palm tree to drink coffee after fasting for Ramadan.

After he shook the explosion of his house, the mammorah of God stumbled through the dust cloud, and called for his friends under the palm tree, “What happened, guys?”

No one wanted. All six men – a carpenter, a car trader and a vehicle driver, were killed among others – as well as two other men who were passing through the streets.

An hour after the strike, grievances were sparked on the dark street, where men picked up the rocks of meat from the ground and collected them in plastic bags. A young girl ran astonishment.

“dad!” I shouted. “dad!”

Abdalrahman altayeb The reports contributed.