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There have been conflicting reports about the Al-Jili oil refinery in Khartoum, the vicinity of which has been witnessing fierce battles between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, for four days. At a time when media platforms announced that the army had taken control of the main refinery in the country, the Rapid Support Forces denied this, and confirmed that they had repelled… An army force attempted to penetrate through the Al-Jili axis, north of Khartoum, and suffered heavy losses, while the army did not issue any comment on the battles taking place there.
Violent clashes continued for the fourth day in the Sudanese capital, especially in the Al-Muqrin area, where the army forces, which crossed the Nile bridges on Thursday, are trying to penetrate central Khartoum, and are meeting fierce resistance from the Rapid Support Forces, which have been controlling the central Khartoum area for days. The first for war. According to military sources who spoke to Al-Bayan, the battles are still continuing despite the progress made by the army, and they confirmed that the army was able to neutralize a number of buildings in the Al-Muqrin area, which the Rapid Support elements were using as platforms for artillery and sniper shelling.
Air strikes
The army carried out successive air strikes in the Maamoura neighborhood near 60th Street, east of Khartoum, with warplanes constantly flying in the sky of the capital.
In the Al-Jili axis, north of Khartoum Bahri, the pace of battles intensified between the army and the forces supporting it on the one hand and the Rapid Support Forces on the other hand, after the large reinforcements sent by the leadership of the Third Division Shendi to support the forces besieging the Al-Jili oil refinery, which the Rapid Support Forces take as a center. To lead its forces north of Khartoum, and although the army did not disclose the course of the battles around the refinery, platforms on social media announced the army’s control of the important site, which sparked a wave of celebrations in the states and cities under the army’s control, and among refugees in some neighboring countries. .
Military plan
Military sources confirmed to Al-Bayan that the battles taking place in the capital, Khartoum, since last Thursday, including the Al-Jili refinery area, are still continuing and are proceeding according to a precise military plan drawn up by the army command to restore the areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. The sources added: “The operation is in its infancy and has achieved important field results over the past few days and will continue.”
On the other hand, the Rapid Support Forces said in a statement that they inflicted heavy losses on the army and were able to eliminate a force after it attempted to penetrate through the Al-Jili axis, north of the capital. However, the statement did not refer to the fate of the refinery, which remained an important focus of battles throughout the war, and the focus on it increased. More recently, due to its position controlling the course of battles in the capital, Khartoum, on the one hand, and its proximity to the Nile River state in the north of the country.
