Buoyed by foreign backers and ignoring civilian casualties, both Burhan and Hemeti claim a breakthrough is in sight
For the next few months of the dry season, the rival factions look set to concentrate their forces in the devastating battles for control of two cities and environs – the capital Khartoum and El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. With no constraints on tactics and weapons used – mostly supplied by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Belarus, China and Iran – tens of thousands of civilians will be caught in the fighting. They will have little chance of finding a passage out nor will relief agencies be able or allowed to meet the rising demand for emergency medicine and foodstuffs.
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