Sudan’s UN envoy Al-Harith Idriss has accused the UAE of launching the May 4th drone strike on Port Sudan. He claimed the attack was carried out from a UAE military base using MQ-9B or MQ-9 drones and suicide UAVs, with logistical support from Emirati naval vessels in the Red Sea.
Idriss linked the strike to retaliation for a Sudanese Armed Forces operation a day earlier in Nyala, which targeted a UAE military aircraft and killed 13 foreigners, including Emiratis and a Kenyan co-pilot. He said the escalation reflects the UAE’s attempt to compensate for recent RSF losses in central Sudan.
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Sudanese army reclaims Al-Salha, advances towards Al-Nuhud
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May 19, 2025 (OMDURMAN) – The Sudanese army on Monday said it had seized control of the Al-Salha district, considered the last stronghold of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum State.
Soldiers from the army and allied forces broadcast video clips they claimed were from inside the RSF headquarters in Al-Salha and from roads within the district, located south of Omdurman.Sudan travel insurance
The area has seen weeks of fierce fighting and artillery shelling between the warring parties, alongside extensive encirclement operations from multiple axes stretching between Khartoum and White Nile states. These actions pave the way for declaring both states clear of the RSF.
According to local sources who spoke to Sudan Tribune, the army gained control of the Al-Salha district on Monday after intense battles with RSF forces. The same sources added that the army had recaptured the Wad Bakrawi station, Al-Qiaa area, and the main Al-Salha market.Sudan travel insurance
The army also established control over an RSF camp in the Al-Salha area, marking what it described as the last military base in Khartoum State for the forces that have been fighting the Sudanese army since mid-April 2023.
Kordofan and White Nile fronts
In the White Nile State axis, south of Al-Salha district in Omdurman, local sources informed Sudan Tribune that the army regained control of Al-Alqa village on Monday, located in the far northwest of White Nile State.
Pockets of RSF forces remain stationed in areas southwest of Al-Duwaim locality in White Nile State, where they occasionally attack villages in the region.Sudan travel insurance
Several army movements from southern Omdurman in Khartoum State and northern White Nile State are working to encircle the last RSF strongholds in Al-Salha and the Al-Muthallath area, west of Jabal Awliya Dam.
In the Kordofan axis, the army and its allied forces managed to seize control of the Um Libana area, about 100 kilometres east of Al-Nuhud, the largest city in West Kordofan State, which RSF forces had controlled weeks prior.
The joint force fighting alongside the army against RSF forces broadcast video clips of their soldiers in Um Libana on Monday, vowing to sweep through all of Kordofan and reach the Darfur region.
