The fighting is still raging on the third day of the Sudanese war, amid the increasing number of dead and wounded and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, waiting for a glimmer of hope against the background of the various mediations to stop the bloodshed.
Since the early morning hours of today (Monday), mortar and artillery shelling has been heard in separate parts of the capital, with the intensification of fighting. Eyewitnesses reported that air strikes increased around Khartoum airport and Sudanese army sites. One of the battlegrounds over the weekend was the international airport, where several damaged and on fire planes were seen.
The Rapid Support Forces announced their control of the airport, in addition to many other government buildings in the capital, which the army denies, which is also talking about a bank of targets that it controls.
For its part, the local resistance committees warned civilians not to stay in their homes, and social networking sites were flooded with appeals from citizens who spoke of a siege inside their homes as a result of the heavy gunfire between the conflicting parties, not to mention the explosions that are heard from time to time.
The war between the army and rapid support forces put countries and international and regional organizations on high alert, and the United Nations World Food Program temporarily suspended all operations in Sudan after the killing of three employees.
The International Relief Agency said in a statement that the United Nations and other humanitarian facilities in Darfur were looted, while a plane operated by the World Food Program was severely damaged by gunfire in Khartoum, which impeded the program's ability to transport aid and personnel inside the country.
Meanwhile, Mexico is working to evacuate its citizens from Sudan, and its foreign minister said it is looking forward to "accelerating" their exit.
The US Embassy in Sudan announced that there are no government-coordinated evacuation plans yet for Americans in the country, citing the closure of Khartoum Airport. And she advised American citizens to stay in their homes, noting that she would issue a declaration “if the evacuation of ordinary American citizens becomes necessary.”
Okaz (Khartoum, Capitals)
