The intense conflict in Sudan, now nearing its third year, witnessed a significant development as military forces advanced on the presidential palace in Khartoum. This move targets the Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.), the military's rival, which controls the palace. Capturing this strategic site would symbolize a major victory for the Sudanese Armed Forces (S.A.F.), who initially lost ground early in the war. The R.S.F. leader, however, remains defiant, vowing not to retreat from the palace despite the mounting pressure from government forces.
Capturing the palace would be a major symbolic victory for Sudan's army, which lost most of Khartoum to the R.S.F. in the early days of the war in April 2023.
The R.S.F. leader, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan, has vowed to stand his ground. Do not think that we will retreat from the palace, he said last week in a video address from an undisclosed location.
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