Sudan Army Breaks Two-Year Siege on Dilling

Sudan's armed forces announced on Monday that they had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the town of Dilling in South Kordofan province, securing a vital supply route in the country's ongoing civil war.

The military stated that its troops, along with supporting forces, conducted a successful operation to open the road to Dilling, a strategic town located midway between the besieged provincial capital of Kadugli and the city of El Obeid. "Our forces inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, both in personnel and equipment," the army said in a statement released late that day. The advance reportedly gives the military control over both northern and southern approaches to the town, which the Rapid Support Forces had sought to encircle for months. The paramilitary group, which has been fighting the army for control of Sudan since April 2023, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The siege on Dilling began shortly after the war erupted in a power struggle between the two factions, initially centered in the capital, Khartoum. Residents and aid workers described dire conditions during the blockade, with severe food shortages...