{"id":55324,"date":"2025-10-06T03:07:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=55324"},"modified":"2025-10-06T03:07:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:07:57","slug":"rsf-launches-largest-attack-on-el-obeid-in-western-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/rsf-launches-largest-attack-on-el-obeid-in-western-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"RSF Launches Largest Attack on El-Obeid in Western Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have launched drone strikes targeting military sites and infrastructure in El-Obeid, the largest city in the strategic Kordofan region of western Sudan, amid intensifying clashes between the Sudanese army and RSF forces across several parts of the region.<\/p>\n

Residents said the RSF carried out its most extensive assault on facilities in the city \u2014 describing it as \u201cthe first of its kind since the war spread to Kordofan several months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Videos shared by local activists on social media showed low-flying drone attacks and the army\u2019s ground defenses attempting to intercept them. Thick plumes of smoke and fires were visible at the sites hit by the strikes inside the city.<\/p>\n

Siege of El-Fasher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, RSF militias continued shelling El-Fasher, the largest city in Darfur, with artillery fire as their drones hovered overhead. Multiple explosions were heard across the city, though their exact locations remained unclear.<\/p>\n

A witness told Asharq Al-Awsat that RSF forces had been bombarding El-Fasher since early Saturday morning, with the shelling lasting for several hours before subsiding by midday. The presence of drones in the sky sparked panic among civilians.<\/p>\n

The RSF has persistently attacked army-held areas\u2014particularly the headquarters of the Sixth Infantry Division\u2014in an effort to break army defenses and seize control of key positions in the city. However, the army has managed to repel these offensives.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, the RSF has made notable advances, pushing into the eastern and southern neighborhoods of the besieged city, as well as into the Abu Shouk refugee camp and the Muraaba 17, Awlad Al-Reef, Al-Wadi, Tambasi, and Makraka districts.<\/p>\n

The army, for its part, continues to hold the city\u2019s western sector and parts of Abu Shouk.<\/p>\n

Observers attribute the RSF\u2019s progress to its deployment of high-precision FPV (First-Person View) drones in coordinated attacks that pave the way for armored vehicle assaults\u2014aimed at crippling army movements and breaching defensive lines.<\/p>\n

UN Humanitarian Coordinator Visits Darfur<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a related development, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown visited the Tawila area in North Darfur State\u2014about 50 kilometers from El-Fasher\u2014home to nearly 600,000 displaced people who fled the city and surrounding regions, including Khartoum, since the war erupted in mid-April 2023.<\/p>\n

Brown described reaching Tawila as \u201ccomplex and extremely difficult,\u201d saying: \u201cWe had to change our route multiple times due to numerous frontlines within Sudan. Getting to our destination was incredibly challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that the journey took five days and covered 5,000 kilometers, involving three different countries, three aircraft, and three days of driving.<\/p>\n

Brown said her visit aimed to strengthen humanitarian response efforts in Tawila, which serves as a key relief hub near El-Fasher.<\/p>\n

\u201cA humanitarian coordinator needs to be present on the ground, and this area\u2019s proximity to El-Fasher makes it vital,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

She also highlighted the severe lack of funding for humanitarian operations in the region: \u201cWe have a strong UN team on the ground, but they are powerless to provide the services we should be offering because we simply don\u2019t have the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Civilians Flee the City<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brown reported that civilians continue to flee El-Fasher, with many women arriving in Tawila after losing their husbands and children to the fighting.<\/p>\n

She shared the story of one woman who, along with her three children\u2014including a malnourished infant\u2014traveled for seven days on a donkey to reach Tawila.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the tragic reality we must expect for people enduring such horrific conditions\u2014forced to come to us instead of us reaching them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Brown made an urgent appeal for an end to the war and for humanitarian access to the besieged population of El-Fasher: \u201cStop the violence. Stop the war. Let us through. We want to reach people where they are\u2014not wait for them to reach us when it\u2019s already too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

She condemned the use of sexual violence in the conflict, calling it \u201cutterly horrific\u201d and stressing that combating it is \u201can urgent priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UN has documented patterns of conflict-related sexual violence being used as a weapon of war\u2014including rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, and acts tantamount to torture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Protecting Civilians<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brown emphasized the need to protect civilians: \u201cSudanese civilians are paying an unbearably high price for this violence\u2014facing harassment, intimidation, rape, killings, and the collapse of essential social services.\u201d<\/p>\n

She noted that supply chains have been disrupted by poor or closed roads, driving food prices to unprecedented levels. Meanwhile, shortages of clean water and poor sanitation have fueled outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation is explosive\u2014especially for young children,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n

The UN\u2019s humanitarian response plan for Sudan targets around 30 million people, yet funding remains at just 25 percent of the required total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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