The Military Situation: Details of a Heroic Epic and Multiple Battles in the Al-Manaqil and Sinnar Axes

Sudanhorizon – Special

Fierce battles took place in the states of Sennar and Gezira between the Sudanese army and the Dagalo terrorist militia, which continued throughout the hours of the day on Thursday. They began with multiple attacks launched by the militia on the Maierno area, south of the city of Sennar, intending to cross the Maierno bridge and advance towards the old capital of the Sultanate.

The battle that began at five o’clock in the morning was the largest and most ferocious, as the militia mobilized its forces in the area of ​​Jabal Moya and the Sennar Sugar Factory and hundreds of vehicles and panic forces coming from Madani, until the waves of attack reached the Maierno Bridge, more than 5 waves, all of which were broken in the face of the steadfastness and courage of the armed forces and the Operations Authority and the Popular Resistance. And the Al-Baraa Battalion, which counted as its commander in the southern sector, Hudhayfah Adam.

Military operations also extended to Hillat Al-Bir, located in the western direction of the city, and the armed forces were able to confront the attack, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in life and equipment. A statement by the army revealed that they were able to defeat and destroy several attempts in the Sennar axis, which they described as failed, launched by the Al-Dagalo terrorist militia to attack the city. He said that the militia fled after suffering heavy losses in personnel and equipment.

Regarding the Al-Manaqil axis, the statement confirmed that the armed forces destroyed and received a large number of combat vehicles and armored personnel carriers in the Wad Al-Hussein and Portabil areas, and the enemy in both areas suffered losses in personnel and equipment.
The militia had mobilized military vehicles and heavy and light weapons to attack the Al-Manaqil axis across three fronts: the Portbil front of the city of Arab, and the front of the village of Wad Hussein Al-Khawalda, in addition to the city of Al-Hadi with artillery.

The confrontations continued until Thursday evening, while the army forces, special labor forces, and the operations authority in the attack were repelled, and the plan to penetrate the defenses and besiege the city of Al-Manaqil was thwarted, prompting the rebel forces to retreat, after multiple confrontations and a battle that lasted for about eight hours.

Nidaa Al-Wasat described the Battle of Portbil – west of the city of Wad Madani – as a victory and the culmination of future victories, and said that the Al-Manaqil Axis forces were able to stop the militia’s advance after legendary battles that will be immortalized in the memory of that place, “forcing its remnants to retreat a distance of no less than 30 kilometers.”

Pages supporting the armed forces published videos and photos showing many destroyed combat vehicles and others intact, with columns of smoke rising, in addition to heavy weapons and equipment that the army had looted in the Sennar and Al-Manaqil areas. The military media published a blog post on social media in which it said: “The heroes of the armed forces and other regular forces write the most wonderful epics and defeat the Al-Dagalo terrorist militia, inflicting losses on them in lives and equipment,” in addition to receiving and destroying several enemy weapons and combat vehicles. The videos showed the armed forces present on all battlefields with high morale and yearning for victory.

In the Gedaref State, eyewitnesses spoke of a march being shot down by ground missiles after an attempt to target it at the headquarters of the Gedaref State Government Secretariat. Pictures taken of the march showed separate parts of it falling in an uninhabited area, without significant injuries.

For his part, the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, renewed the state’s position on negotiating with the militia and made going to the Jeddah negotiating platform conditional on the militia’s departure from civilian objects and citizens’ homes in all the cities of Sudan that they had invaded. He vowed to crush the rebellion, saying: “As long as this is our plan, we will soon win and crush the rebellion. We are confident that this battle will end with the defeat of the terrorist militia and its allies and agents.”

When addressing members of the localities of Al-Damer, Atbara, and Berber, Al-Burhan praised the cohesion of all sectors of the Sudanese people to support the armed forces, pointing to the suffering of the Sudanese people as a result of the repercussions of the rebellion. He added: “We promised to the Sudanese who were displaced, whose money was looted, and whose honor was violated, that we will retaliate against them and take their full rights from the terrorist militia and we will defeat it soon.”