Sudanese army encircles Khartoum airport, nearby areas
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The encirclement of Khartoum airport marks a crucial advancement in the two-year war, signaling a potential turning point in the battle for control over the capital.
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Sudanese displaced families take shelter in a school after being evacuated by the Sudanese army from areas once controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, Sudan, located across the Nile River from Khartoum, on Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP)
The Sudanese army has surrounded Khartoum airport and its surrounding areas, two military sources told Reuters on Wednesday, marking another advance in its two-year conflict with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
In a separate statement, the army announced it had captured the Tiba al-Hassanab camp in Jabal Awliya, calling it "the RSF's main base in central Sudan and its last stronghold in Khartoum."
Previously on the defensive in a war that has pushed Sudan toward potential partition and a humanitarian crisis, the army has recently regained ground, reclaiming territory from the RSF in central Sudan.
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The army is continuing to make advances in the capital against rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The takeover came a day after Sudan's army announced Friday it had regained control of the presidential palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces following intense fighting.
"Our forces completely destroyed the enemy's fighters and equipment, and seized large quantities of equipment and weapons," army spokesperson Nabil Abdallah said in a statement broadcast on state television.
Abdallah vowed the army would "continue to progress on all fronts until victory is complete and every inch of our country is purged of the militia and its supporters."
On social media, soldiers shared videos appearing inside the presidential palace, exchanging congratulations.
Paramilitary fighters overran the palace in April 2023 when war broke out between the RSF and the army.
At the time, the RSF swiftly took control of Khartoum's streets, with the army-aligned government fleeing to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.
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