The Sudanese army shoots down Rapid Support drones in Al-Manaqil in Al-Jazira State

Local sources told Al Jazeera that the ground defenses of the Sudanese army shot down 3 Rapid Support Forces drones that targeted – last night – several sites in the city of Al-Manaqil, west of Al-Jazeera state in the center of the country.

According to the sources, the drones targeted buildings belonging to Al-Manaqil University, the headquarters of the General Intelligence Service, and a factory.

The army still controls the governorates of Al-Manaqil and 24 Al-Qurashi, west of Al-Jazira State, despite the Rapid Support Forces’ control of the city of Wad Madani, the capital of the state, since last December, and their expansion to the outskirts of Sennar State in the south.

Since mid-April 2023, the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) have been waging a war that has left about 15,000 dead and about 10 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.