Military links up with armored units, ramps up siege on RSF stronghold in capital
The Sudanese army intensified its blockade of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the presidential palace in Khartoum on Monday after announcing that its forces at the general command headquarters united with its armored corps south of the capital for the first time since the war erupted in April 2023.
“Today, the armored forces joined the brave defenders at the General Command after clearing the Al-Shaab Teaching Hospital of RSF militia,” military spokesperson Nabil Abdullah said in a brief statement.
The advance allowed the army to seize all southern entry points into central Khartoum, positioning it to push eastward and southward to secure the capital fully while tightening the noose around RSF units still holding the presidential palace and its surroundings.
Since the war began, the RSF had imposed a strict siege on the armored corps—one of the army’s key military bases in Khartoum—blocking supply lines.
That dynamic shifted when the army launched offensive operations in the capital starting in September 2024.
With its latest gains in central Khartoum, the army is now encircling the RSF, which controls the presidential palace and government institutions downtown, from all directions.
The RSF has not issued a statement on the developments.
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