{"id":55424,"date":"2025-10-08T04:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=55424"},"modified":"2025-10-08T04:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:01:58","slug":"el-fasher-renewed-clashes-and-calls-for-humanitarian-air-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/el-fasher-renewed-clashes-and-calls-for-humanitarian-air-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"El-Fasher: Renewed Clashes and Calls for Humanitarian Air Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Pro-army sources revealed that Sudanese army forces carried out a second dual airdrop operation on Tuesday morning, delivering military equipment and supplies to troops besieged inside El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The operation was described as \u201ccoordinated and successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced that they had shot down a Turkish-made Bayraktar Akinci drone over the city\u2019s skies.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the El-Fasher Resistance Committees \u2013 a voluntary youth coalition \u2013 said that a cargo plane flew at high altitude over the city before dropping its payload in army-held areas.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses reported that the RSF\u2019s air defenses did not target the aircraft. A second plane reportedly followed, dropping additional supplies and equipment to the 6th Infantry Division of the Sudanese army.<\/p>\n

According to media reports citing a military source from the division, the airdropped supplies included \u201cvarious types of ammunition, food items, and life-saving medicines received by the besieged units.\u201d The source described the mission as \u201ca logistical achievement that restores morale to our forces in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The army has struggled since April to deliver supplies to its encircled troops in El-Fasher, after the RSF downed several military aircraft over the city. However, it succeeded in late September in completing its first successful airdrop.
\nTuesday\u2019s operation marked the second such delivery since September.<\/p>\n

Conversely, the RSF spokesperson stated that its air defense units shot down a Bayraktar Akinci drone early Tuesday morning over El-Fasher, releasing photos purportedly showing the wreckage. The RSF claimed that the drone had been used in strikes on civilians, resulting in \u201cdozens of deaths and injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement accused the \u201cIslamist army\u201d of committing genocide and ethnic cleansing, describing such acts as \u201ca flagrant violation of international law.\u201d
\nThe Sudanese army, however, has consistently denied such allegations. In an earlier statement, it asserted that its operations targeted \u201cspecific military sites belonging to the rebel militia.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, the 6th Infantry Division Command announced that \u201cthe army, joint forces, and local mobilized groups repelled a large-scale assault launched by the Dagalo family militia from three directions, destroying combat vehicles and killing field commanders and foreign mercenaries.\u201d
\nThe statement stressed that \u201cthe situation remains stable and under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to local observers, Monday witnessed what could be described as a major offensive by the RSF against the 6th Division. The RSF reportedly mobilized significant military assets, deploying numerous armored vehicles and combat units.<\/p>\n

War analyst Mohamed Khalifa wrote on his Facebook page that the attack began with intense artillery shelling on army-held areas. RSF forces then advanced under drone cover toward the division\u2019s headquarters from four directions: south, north, northwest, and northeast.<\/p>\n

The attacking forces reportedly made initial advances, reaching the horse racing field, the main market, and El-Fasher Secondary School. Units approaching from the south entered the Medical Corps, Engineering Corps, and Signal Corps compounds.
\nHowever, army forces and allied groups eventually repelled the offensive, inflicting heavy casualties and destroying equipment, including the deaths of field commanders, forcing the RSF to retreat.<\/p>\n

Humanitarian Pleas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amid the escalating hostilities, the El-Fasher Resistance Committees appealed to humanitarian organizations to conduct urgent airdrops of relief supplies, similar to those used by the army to resupply its troops.
\nIn a statement on Facebook, they wrote: \u201cThe humanitarian situation in El-Fasher is catastrophic. Thousands of civilians suffer from acute shortages of food, water, and medicine, while the number of wounded grows by the day. We call on the world to drop bread and medicine from the sky, just as the warring sides drop ammunition.\u201d<\/p>\n

El-Fasher remains the last state capital in the Darfur region under army control, but it has been under a tight siege by the RSF since April 2024. The blockade has triggered severe famine conditions, acute shortages of essential goods, and unprecedented price hikes.
\nMany residents have resorted to consuming livestock fodder as food substitutes, while fierce clashes continue almost daily, threatening the lives of thousands of trapped civilians with no access to food or medical aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sudan Events \u2013 Agencies Pro-army sources revealed that Sudanese army forces carried out a second dual airdrop operation on Tuesday morning, delivering military equipment and supplies to troops besieged inside El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The operation was described as \u201ccoordinated and successful.\u201d Meanwhile, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced that they had shot …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55426,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55424\/revisions\/55426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}