Sudan.. Clashes in Khartoum and the continuation of talks between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in Saudi Arabia

A military source in the Sudanese army said that the army has regained control of some areas from which it withdrew on Tuesday in central Khartoum, while the Sudan Doctors Syndicate announced that 822 civilians have been killed since the start of the clashes.

The source explained to Al-Jazeera that among the areas that the army recovered were the command of the central sector of the Air Force, and the Military Sports Branch in the Sixty-One Street area in central Khartoum.

The Rapid Support Forces had said that they had taken control of the air defense camp, and all military sites in the 61st Street area in Khartoum.

Politically, the US State Department said that Ambassador John Godfrey is still in Jeddah to support talks between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army regarding a ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements.

For his part, an informed Sudanese diplomatic source told Al-Jazeera that negotiations between the two fighting parties – which came with US-Saudi mediation – are still continuing in the Saudi city of Jeddah, but unofficially.

He added that the two delegations did not sit at the same table, and only notes were exchanged through mediators, and that the discussion on the armistice is proceeding well in light of the agreement of the two parties that the duration of the next armistice be 5 days, subject to renewal, noting that there are still differences regarding the military arrangements that are supposed to apply after the announcement. The new agreement.

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A military source in the Sudanese army announced on Tuesday that it thwarted a large-scale attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the military air base in the “Wadi Sayedna” area in Omdurman, while the Rapid Support Forces announced their control of the “Al-Sawaqa” camp (north of Khartoum North).

And the Al-Jazeera correspondent reported renewed clashes with heavy weapons between the army and the Rapid Support Forces around the Halfaya Bridge, which links the cities of Khartoum Bahri and Omdurman.

The eastern Nile region also witnessed clashes between the two parties with heavy weapons, and warplanes were heard over the capital.

Local sources told Al-Jazeera about violent battles taking place in the neighborhoods of Al-Sahafa, Al-Imitidad, Al-Ashra and Jabrah, south of Khartoum.

Eyewitnesses said that the loud sound of the artillery caused panic and panic among the citizens, fearing that the shells would fall on the houses.

For its part, the Sudan Doctors Syndicate (non-governmental) announced that 822 civilians had been killed since the start of the clashes between the army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hamidti) on April 15.

More than 936,000 Sudanese have also fled to neighboring countries to escape the fighting.