Sudanese Army Retakes Khartoum Presidential Palace From Rapid Support Forces Under Abdel Fattah al-Burhane

The Sudanese army announced it had retaken the presidential palace in Khartoum, a symbolic and strategic site previously held by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after months of a fierce battle for control of the Sudanese capital.

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The advance was conducted under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, and the article says it signaled the armed forces’ determination to regain the upper hand in a conflict that has lasted for nearly a year.

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The same source places Khartoum as the theater of a hard-fought struggle since April 2023, when Khartoum had been largely under RSF control led by General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.

It adds that recent military operations by the army cut the RSF’s supply lines, weakening their position and opening the way to the reconquest of the presidential palace, while insisting the situation on the ground remains volatile and uncertain.

Despite the symbolic recapture, the article says large portions of Khartoum, as well as the towns of Omdurman and the Darfur region, remain under RSF control, with fighting continuing and a humanitarian crisis persisting.

A joint statement cited by Anadolu Ajansı says senior officials from more than 30 countries and international organizations called for the immediate lifting of the siege of El-Fashir in North Darfur, warning that hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped without food, water or medical care.

The statement says all trade routes and supply lines have been cut and humanitarian organizations have not been able to deliver vital aid for more than a year, while famine first confirmed in August 2024 in camps near El-Fashir has since spread and is expected to worsen.

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It adds that more than 60 people are believed to have died of malnutrition in the past week, and that the increase in cholera cases worsens the worst effects of malnutrition.

The officials also denounce violations of international humanitarian law, citing alarming rates of conflict-related sexual violence, attacks on markets and hospitals, as well as massacres.

The statement urges the RSF and their allies to lift the siege of El-Fashir in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2736, and calls for a humanitarian pause and safe passage for civilians wishing to leave active-hostility areas.

In Al-Jazeera Net’s “Beyond the News” episode on June 10, 2026, the program discussed the reasons behind the absence of practical solutions and effective mechanisms to protect civilians in Sudan and to provide security for them despite urgent humanitarian need.

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The episode focused on the distribution and assignment of responsibilities among the field-conflict parties amid escalating violations, and on the politicization of the relief effort as well as targeting civilian infrastructure such as road disruption and the destruction of vital bridges.

It also examined the implications and indicators of the derailment of the political track aimed at stopping the war, and the hardening of the positions of the two sides despite multiple regional and international initiatives seeking a settlement.

Participants included strategic affairs researcher Al-Mu'tasim Abdul-Qadir Al-Hasan, writer and political analyst Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim, and African affairs expert Martin Blot.

The program reviewed main possible scenarios and outcomes if the current political deadlock persists and protection emergencies and acute hunger worsen without effective solutions.