Drone attacks raise rates in the new phase of bloody civil war

It seems that the paramilitary fighters opened a new phase in the Sudan Civil War after being expelled from the capital, to which some experts called “Awe”.

Just a few weeks after the army celebrated Khartum’s restoration, his enemy “Fast Support (RSF)” launched a number of unprecedented drones on the port -bird in the east.

Attacks led to Highlled power shutdownAs well as residents of the city who face a lack of water.

“This is the level of projection of power in this region, which we have not yet seen,” says Alan Bosuel, an international crisis expert.

“I think it raises the bids quite a bit,” he added.

Walking attacks on the capital of the war and the humanitarian center indicates that RSF is determined and capable of fighting, despite significant territorial losses.

And he demonstrated the growth of an advanced unmanned war in Africa.

The drones played an increasing role in the conflict that entered its third year.

The war began as a struggle for power between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and RSF, and was involved in other Sudanese armed groups and foreign supporters, immersing the country into what the UN calls the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAP) helped the army to advance earlier this year. And RSF has grown its own use of drones when it was pushed out of the Central Sudan, especially Khartum, back towards the traditional support in the west.

In recent months, paramilitors have strengthened drones on critical civil infrastructure in areas controlled by the army, such as dam and power plants.

But their stable attacks on the port -Sudan are still considered as a safe home for government officials, diplomats and humanitarian organizations, emphasized a shift in a greater emphasis on a distant war and went on to demonstrate force.

“RSF tries to show that they do not need to resort to the port -bullion on land to be able to influence there,” says Sudan Holud Hair, Sudan Hair’s political analyst.

The group is trying to reach the “narrative change” from Triumphant Saf, which captured Khartum, “she says.

“It says the Sudanese Armed Forces:” You can return Khartum, but you will never be able to manage it. You may have a port -barture, but you will not be able to manage because we will lead to the crisis for you so big that it will not be driving “… They want to show clearly that the war will not end until they say so.”

The Varovnik Group did not directly resort to the attacks of the drone port -bodies. Rather, this repeated that SAF is supported by Iran and accuses the armed forces of civil infrastructure and state institutions, calling on military strikes in the regions of Khartum and the RSF in the west and south of the country’s war crimes.

Both sides are in charge of war crimes they denied, but RSF was nominated for charges of mass rape and genocide.

Changing its tactics can be caused by the necessity of combat, but it is possible from the technological promotion.

Earlier, RSF used what is called suicide or perverted drones, small drones with explosive loads designed to crack in target and can carry out coordinated attacks.

He seems to have launched this method into the port -Sudan, with the Red Sea military commander Mahzub Bushr, which describes Roy of 11 drones in the first strike at the military air base.

He said the army had beaten them, but they turned out to be a tactical distraction to divert attention from a single strategic drone who successfully struck the base.

The creation of this drone is unclear. But satellite images reported by Yale researchers and Reuters news agencies have shown advanced blasts at the Southern Darfur airport since the beginning of the year.

Defense intelligence campaign Jane has identified them most likely the complex Chinese production of the CH-95s, capable of long hit.

Jeremy Bini, an analyst in Africa and the Middle East in Jane, told the BBC that photos seem to be the remains of smaller Kamikaze drones believe that they are probably another version than RSF, and perhaps better with penetrating air protection.

One of the regional observers suggested that RSF was able to disrupt the anti-drafting SAF anti-drainage technology attached to the drones, but warned that it was still unproven.

Southern Darfur Airport in Nele, the alleged capital and the Military Base of Fast Support Forces, were repeatedly bombed by SAF, which destroyed the planes there earlier this month.

Some experts see the RSF bombing Port Sudan, at least partly as revenge.

The drone escalates again emphasized the role of foreign subjects in Sudan’s civil conflict.

“This is a technological war,” says Justin Lynch, head of the data analytics company and research organization.

“That is why foreign fans are so important because it is not the way the RSF is doing the weapon themselves. They are given these things.”

The army has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of providing paramilitary fighters to drones and converted diplomatic ties with Abu -Dabi from the attacks.

The UAE has strongly rejected the allegations. He has long denied UN expert reports, US politicians and international organizations that he provides RSF weapons.

But Mr. Lynch says the evidence is staggering.

He was the leading author of the report funded by the US State Department late last year, ended with “almost confidence”, the UAE contributed to the RSF weapons, monitoring the images and flights of the UN Airlines.

He told the BBC what would be strange if the Emirates do not help to deliver the drones used in the port -bodies attacks.

He also determined with the same accuracy that the Iranians supply weapons in SAF, and he assisted the authentication of the documents provided by the Washington Post, in which details of the drones and the fighting bowls of the Turkish defense firm.

Iran did not respond to the allegations. Turkish officials denied participation.

Increasing use of drones by both sides can rethink the war, but this is the ability of RSF to hit strategic purposes hundreds of kilometers from their positions that knocked down in the region.

During the week of daily attacks on the port -Sudan, the paramilitarians got into a single international airport, a power plant, several fuel depot and air base, obviously trying to thwart army supplies.

The city is also a major port for helping, and the UN warns that this “major escalation” can further complicate the operations in the country and lead to large -scale civilian victims.

“It was such a shocking and terrible company that it not only stunned SAF, I think it is also stunned by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, others who were in the SAF, and removing the whole war,” Mr. Bosuel says, adding that he closes the gap between RSF and army.

“RSF is widely seen as a non-governmental actor,” he says, “as a rule, such groups can gather quite a lot of rebel forces. But the government from the APS is the one that always has air ability, and it just turns all these old head assignments. “

Development caused comparison with the far war between Russia and Ukraine.

“This weapon has more accuracy, you no longer need a sawdust, and they are much more affordable than difficult planes,” Mr. Binny says.

“This is part of a broader tendency of technological proliferation, where you see that there used to be high -end opportunities used in a civil war in Africa in the south of Sahara.”

The Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that the attacks threaten regional safety and safety in the Red Sea, urging international actors to take “effective actions against a regional militia sponsor”, a link to the UAE.

Mr. Lynch believes that only the agreement between the UAE and the Sudanese army will end the war.

“This war is always developing, it always changes,” he says, “but you will see that it will continue for years and decades, if there are no serious diplomatic actions to stop it.”