Sudan's military says it has retaken presidential palace from rebels
Source: Washington Post
The military’s seizure of the Republican Palace in Khartoum is considered a significant symbolic victory, two years into Sudan’s devastating civil war.
The Sudanese military said Friday that it had retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum, a highly symbolic victory after months of grinding, street-by-street battles with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary for control of the capital.
Sudan’s civil war has raged for nearly two years, killing more than 150,000 people and unleashing what the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) describes as the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis.
Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, a spokesman for the Sudanese military, said in a video statement posted on social media that the army had “crushed” RSF fighters and retaken the seat of government — which he described as “a symbol of the sovereignty and dignity of the Sudanese nation” — as well as other ministry buildings.
Videos on social media showed Sudanese soldiers chanting inside the Republican Palace, which appeared to be partly in ruins. Much of Khartoum — and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri, just across the two branches of the Nile — has been pulverized by relentless street warfare, airstrikes and drone attacks.
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