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Army gains, peace stalled
The Sudanese army regained control of the city of al-Karmuk, and Al-Jazeera Net’s Beyond the News program on July 9, 2026 discussed how that shift is altering the balance of power while on-the-ground fighting continues and peace initiatives remain stalled.
In the same episode, the program examined “the compass of political initiatives aimed at ending the war” and weighed “the hypothesis of military decisive victory” against proposed steps to move peace efforts in the near term.
SeneNews described the army as continuing to reject peaceful solutions and insisting on “the option of a military solution despite its high humanitarian cost,” while extending fighting to new fronts.
SeneNews said the fiercest fighting pits the Sudanese army, backed by extremist Islamist militias, against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the heart of residential neighborhoods in Khartoum, as the army attempts to retake the presidential palace.
SeneNews added that the army is using drones, artillery, armored vehicles and tanks, resulting in the total destruction of residential buildings, according to reports.
Executions, negotiations, anger
SeneNews said a brutal execution filmed in Sudan provoked widespread outrage, describing a video of a man being thrown alive from the top of the Hantoub Bridge over the Blue Nile near Wad Madani, then shot as men in military uniforms laughed.
SeneNews also cited Reuters’ account that one of the men in the video wears a vest bearing the logo of Katiba Al-Baraa bin Malik, while noting the agency could not verify the exact date of the incident.
SeneNews reported that since the first negotiations in Jeddah under Saudi mediation, al-Burhan has systematically rejected ceasefire proposals, placing conditions deemed unworkable and withdrawing his representatives several times to Port Sudan.
SeneNews quoted Sudanese political analyst Abdullah Rizk on his Facebook page that Burhan’s refusal to negotiate with RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemetti) is “not surprising.”
SeneNews said the conflict has sparked an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with 30 million Sudanese in need of food aid, and that about 15 million refugees and displaced people live in dire conditions, especially in neighboring countries, according to the UN.
Fronts widen, aid convoys
Sada El-Balad reported that the Sudanese army has made progress and taken control of several areas in the Blue Nile region, specifically the Jisan area and nearby areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, as well as the border area of al-Karmak.
The same report said field developments extended to the Kordofan region, especially South Kordofan state, where the Sudanese army recaptured a number of areas in tandem with the arrival of large reinforcements near the city of Dalang that had been subjected to daily attacks by the RSF.
Mubtada said the Sudanese army has made progress in Blue Nile State, where it is besieging the Rapid Support Forces and the Popular Movement, and it added that Sudanese air force aircraft are targeting several RSF sites in El Fula, the capital of West Kordofan.
Mubtada also stated that the arrival of the first humanitarian convoys and food aid reached the towns of Kadugli and Dilling in South Kordofan.
Together, the reports frame a widening set of fighting fronts across Blue Nile, South Kordofan, Darfur, and West Kordofan while aid convoys begin reaching towns named in the coverage.
