Drone strikes and abuse rock Sudan's El-Obeid as conflict intensifies over city

Sudan's army says it has seized control of the Al Sadarat highway, a key military supply route, after two days of fierce fighting with the Rapid Support Forces — a move it says has effectively broken the siege of El Obeid. France 24 reports the RSF has responded by escalating drone strikes on the city, even as hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped inside. The fight for El Obeid is part of the broader civil war between Sudan's army and the RSF that has raged since twenty twenty-three.

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