{"id":298148,"date":"2025-05-05T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/state-of-panic-growing-in-sudans-wartime-capital-amid-drone-strikes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:32:12","slug":"state-of-panic-growing-in-sudans-wartime-capital-amid-drone-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/state-of-panic-growing-in-sudans-wartime-capital-amid-drone-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"State of panic growing in Sudan&#8217;s wartime capital amid drone strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/05\/768x432\/32f91ada41efc54561ec6c0a1e4e476d88ffe16bcd08567c1c18023bf437c7c1_6907219.jpg?20250505144544&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"State of panic growing in Sudan&#8217;s wartime capital amid drone strikes\" title=\"State of panic growing in Sudan&#8217;s wartime capital amid drone strikes\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Dark clouds of smoke have been rising over Sudan&#8217;s wartime capital Port Sudan for two consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p>A state of panic is building in the administrative centre that is home to tens of thousands of people seeking safety during two years of war between Sudan&#8217;s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).<\/p>\n<p>This is the second RSF attack to target critical infrastructure in Port Sudan over 24 hours and is suspected to be another drone strike in a series of hits on army-held territory across the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Port Sudan airport was damaged by suicide drones that targeted a weapons depot in the military airbase in the vicinity of the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Flights were temporarily suspended to the only international airport left in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Footage of a strike in Port Sudan<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ransacked-and-looted-sky-reporter-returns-to-family-home-left-in-ruins-after-war-in-sudan-13358232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky reporter returns to family home left in ruins by war<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/sudans-paramilitary-chief-announces-rival-government-of-peace-and-unity-13349816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudan&#8217;s paramilitary chief announces rival government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/drone-attacks-are-intensifying-in-sudan-hitting-schools-and-camps-housing-the-displaced-13360307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intensified drone strikes<\/a><\/strong> mark a serious escalation in a war that has created the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Sky News analysis has found that RSF drone attacks have increased since the army recaptured the capital city Khartoum in late March.<\/p>\n<p>On 25 April, an RSF drone dropped two bombs on a displacement shelter in sanctuary city Atbara and killed at least 12 civilians, including children.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/state-of-panic-growing-in-sudans-wartime-capital-amid-drone-strikes-13362245\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark clouds of smoke have been rising over Sudan&#8217;s wartime capital Port Sudan for two consecutive days. A state of panic is building in the administrative centre that is home to tens of thousands of people seeking safety during two years of war between Sudan&#8217;s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). 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