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| Sudan: Fears of Looming Attack on El Obeid as RSF Build-Up Continues | |
| 2026-06-22 | |
| [SudanWarMonitor] Western governments warn against an El Fasher-style scenario. Fears are growing that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are preparing a major assault on El Obeid after weeks of drone attacks on the city and military reinforcements moving into surrounding areas.
The latest attacks have targeted fuel infrastructure, commercial areas, and neighborhoods, raising concerns that the RSF may be seeking to weaken the city before launching a broader ground operation. Additionally, new combat groups have arrived in rural areas around the city, including some with newly imported armored vehicles. The city itself has been heavily fortified. Extensive trench systems, which are visible from satellite imagery, have been dug around much of El Obeid’s perimeter, while SAF-allied Joint Force auxiliaries have conducted mobile patrols out of the city, attempting to keep the RSF from encroaching too close. More at the link Related: El Obeid: 2026-06-20 RSF is setting conditions for an offensive on the SAF–controlled city of el Obeid in North Kordofan El Obeid: 2026-06-15 Newly supplied APCs of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) heading towards Sudan’s North Kordofan state El Obeid: 2026-05-01 RSF, with the help of their regional allies opened a new front east of the Nile river, in the Blue Nile region | |
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