Port Sudan - A drone strike on Tuesday on Port Sudan's airport, war-torn Sudan's main port of entry, grounded all flights, according to an airport official in the country's wartime capital.
"The drone targeted the civilian section of the airport," the official said on condition of anonymity, two days after the airport's military base was first attacked by drone strikes, which the army blamed on paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Drones targeted the airport and an army base, airport and security officials said, the third straight day the army-aligned government's seat of power has come under attack.
An army source told AFP another drone targeted the main army base in the centre of the city, where witnesses said a hotel was also struck. Both the army base and the hotel lie close to the residence of army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who, since April 2023, has been at war with his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the RSF.
A third drone struck "a fuel depot near the southern port," in the densely populated city centre, where the United Nations, international agencies, and hundreds of thousands of people have relocated from the capital, Khartoum.
The RSF has increasingly relied on drones since losing territory, including nearly all of Khartoum in March, and attacking deep into army-held territory.
Explosions were heard early in the morning across Port Sudan, which had previously been considered a haven. An AFP correspondent reported loud explosions at dawn and plumes of smoke over the city, one coming from the direction of the port and another from a fuel depot just south, where massive fires have been raging since Monday following another drone strike. Since it began, the war has killed tens of thousands, uprooted 13 million, and created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
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