Sudan’s army launched a major assault on Khartoum in a bid to recapture the capital from the Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan’s army launched a major offensive to recapture the country’s capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The escalation comes despite US-led efforts to broker a ceasefire.

Sudan's army has launched a major offensive against the powerful paramilitary group it is fighting in the country's civil war, targeting areas in the capital it lost at the start of the conflict. In dawn strikes on Thursday, government forces shelled Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bases in the capital Khartoum, and Bahri to its north.

Air strikes and shelling rocked Khartoum on Thursday as the army attacked paramilitary positions throughout the Sudanese capital, eyewitnesses and a military source told AFP.

STORY: This was the skyline in Khartoum on Thursday (September 26) as witnesses and military sources said Sudan's army had launched a major operation to regain ground.It is the biggest push here by the army since early in its 17-month war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces,

In the early morning of September 26, Sudan’s army launched a major offensive to capture the capital Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Local outlets reported that the army sent in several infantry formations that crossed vital bridges that connect Omdurman to Khartoum,

Residents of Khartoum awoke Thursday to dawn airstrikes and artillery shelling as the country’s armed forces launched an offensive against the rebel Rapid Support Forces militia.