Al-Hilaliya Tragedy in Sudan: 300 Victims Due to Rapid Support Forces Siege
The brutal siege tactics employed by Rapid Support Forces indicate a deliberate strategy of using civilians as pressure tools in military conflict
November 10, 2024, 7:34 pm

Al-Hilaliya Tragedy in Sudan: 300 Victims Due to Rapid Support Forces Siege

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Sudanese Armed Forces seized strategic areas in southern and eastern parts of Khartoum North, breaking through strongholds previously controlled by Rapid Support Forces militia.

Confrontations rage between warring parties around Al-Muqran area in the heart of the stricken Sudanese capital, while Armed Forces launched precise attacks in Omdurman's western sector in Um Badda area, targeting Rapid Support Forces concentrations.

The humanitarian tragedy escalates in Gezira state amid strict restrictions imposed by Rapid Support Forces on dozens of besieged villages. Human casualties in Al-Hilaliya city reached 300 people due to Rapid Support Forces attacks and spreading poisoning cases resulting from the strangling siege.

Sources confirmed the main water source's breakdown following Rapid Support Forces' destruction and theft of solar power systems feeding the water supply network.

Local sources warned of deteriorating conditions in Al-Hilaliya, where Rapid Support Forces militia continues imposing a strangling siege on tens of thousands of its residents.

The conflict erupting between Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces militia led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo "Hemedti" has drained livelihoods in rural and urban areas, pushing millions of Sudanese toward famine.

The International Organization for Migration recorded in recent statistics that displaced persons and refugees in Sudan exceeded 14 million people, while ongoing battles since mid-April 2023 claimed about 13,100 lives, according to UN estimates.

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