RSF Drone Assault Escalates Sudan War Across Multiple Cities

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated drone assault on multiple army-controlled cities on Wednesday, marking a significant escalation in the country's ongoing civil war. The attacks targeted the strategic city of El Obeid in Kordofan, the capital Khartoum, and northern cities including Atbara and El Damer, according to witnesses, an army source, and an AFP correspondent.

The RSF renewed its assault on El Obeid with eight drones, prompting the Sudanese Armed Forces to activate air defenses. Medical sources reported two people were killed and several others wounded in the city, which is home to roughly half a million people, including about 100,000 displaced by the conflict. The city has been a key flashpoint in the battle for control of the Kordofan region.

In the capital region, drones struck Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman. An AFP correspondent reported a drone attack at 5 a.m. local time, accompanied by the sound of anti-aircraft missiles from the direction of the army's Wadi Seidna base. In Khartoum North, two drones hit a mosque and an electricity transformer in the El Droshab area, according to an eyewitness. Witnesses in Atbara and El Damer also...