Sudan’s Military Chief Declares Control of Khartoum.

The army was able to retake control of the airport along with other locations in the capital city.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese army, announced Khartoum state to be “liberated” from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). He made the statement on Wednesday March 26; immediately after arriving at the international airport in the capital city for the first time in two years.

Following a widespread flight of RSF components, the army and its supporting forces launched out the largest ground military attack in Khartoum state on Wednesday morning, March 26. They were successful in taking military and civilian sites and pushing into the majority of the capital’s neighborhoods.

Nabil Abdallah, the spokesperson for the Sudanese Army, issued a statement in which he said, “The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, inspected our deployed forces at Khartoum International Airport today. He also inspected the forces at the Republican Palace.”

Since the war broke out on April 15, 2023, he explained that Burhan’s plane was the first flight that the airport has received since the war began. On the first day of the conflict, the RSF had taken control of Khartoum International Airport. However, on Wednesday, the army was able to retake control of the airport along with other locations in the capital city.

Element of the RSF withdrew to the west of the nation after abandoning the most of the Khartoum cities they had seized. As they fled, the jebel Aulia bridge became a snarl-up of armored vehicles and soldiers south of Khartoum, as captured on footage by army drones.

Sahafa, Kalakla, and Gereif were among the southern Khartoum neighborhoods where residents cheered the entry of army forces into neighborhoods formerly controlled by the RSF.