Thursday, March 27, 2025 - Sudan’s army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, declared Khartoum state “liberated” from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Wednesday, shortly after landing at the capital’s international airport for the first time in two years.
Early Wednesday morning, March 26, the army and its supporting forces
carried out the largest ground military offensive in Khartoum state, capturing
military and civilian sites and expanding into most of the capital’s
neighbourhoods following a widespread flight of RSF elements.
RSF elements departed most of the Khartoum cities they had occupied,
withdrawing towards the west of the country. The force’s vehicles and soldiers
congested the Jebel Aulia bridge south of Khartoum during an escape journey
documented by army drone footage.
Residents of southern Khartoum celebrated the arrival of army forces
into neighbourhoods previously under RSF control, with citizens seen chanting
for the army in areas like Sahafa, Kalakla, and Gereif.
Sudanese Army Spokesperson Nabil Abdallah said in a statement, “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, and also inspected the forces at the Republican
Palace.”
He explained that Burhan’s plane was the first flight the airport had
received since the war broke out on April 15, 2023.
The RSF had seized control of Khartoum International Airport on the
first day of the war before the army recaptured it on Wednesday along with
other sites in the capital.
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