Drone aircraft attacked the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and its airport on Thursday for the third consecutive day, according to eyewitnesses cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
A witness living in southern Omdurman, across the Nile River from Khartoum, said, “At around 4 a.m., I heard the sound of two drones flying overhead, and shortly afterward, I heard anti-aircraft fire coming from the Engineering Corps and the Medical Corps areas.”
Another witness reported that the drones headed toward the airport, saying, “After 4 a.m., the sound of the drones was loud. I saw them moving toward the airport, followed by explosions.”
Since Tuesday, Khartoum’s airport has been repeatedly targeted by drone attacks attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The airport has been closed since April 2023, when war broke out between the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, commanded by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the airport was scheduled to reopen on Wednesday for domestic flights. However, the drone attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday forced officials to suspend the reopening “until further notice,” a source at the airport said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
