Sudan will accuse the United Arab Emirates of an attack on the Russian base in Port Sudan

The Sudan ambassador at the UN accused the United Arab Emirates of raids on Port Sudan at the beginning of the month, “Reuters said on Tuesday. On May 4-7, using aircraft and drones, attacks on strategic goals at the largest Sudan port on the Red Sea were carried out.

According to Reuters, the Saudi Ambassador at the UN Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed said on Monday that the United Arab Emirates (ZAA) army had been attacking their base in the Red Sea. The authorities in Khartoum also claim that the raids were a reaction to the attack of the Sudan government forces of May 3 to the city of Nijala in the southwestern part of the country. The purpose of this operation was, among others The military plane of the Emirates, which was located in this area, and at the attack was to be killed by at least 13 people, including Zea citizens. For now, there is no confirmation of these reports from other sources.

Between May 4 and 7 there were attacks on the Sudan Port, primarily on port and infrastructure installations. One of the targets of the raids was to be the Russian Flamingo sea base. According to the Center for Information Resilience, which deals with disclosure of cases of human rights and war crimes, drones also attacked, among others air base, fuel depots and power plant. Until now, the Sudan authorities accused the opposition forces of rapid support (RSF) of which they strongly denied these allegations.

The government army and RSF are the parties of the civil war in Sudan, which has been going on since April 2023. Two years earlier, the government supported by the West and took power. In the last two months, government troops, commanded by the country's leader, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, have won several important wins, including In March they regained control over the capital of the country, Khartum.

According to official statistics, at least 20,000 were killed over two years of conflict. people, although it is estimated that the number of fatalities of the civil war in Sudan is much higher. According to UN, Sudan is the only country in the world in which there is hunger. (PAP)

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