El Fasher: Rhino – Field sources from the Rapid Support Forces said on Monday that they had made significant progress in the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, after fierce battles with army forces and allied militias. They took control of several military headquarters belonging to the army, including the air defense headquarters, the medical weapons headquarters, the headquarters of the commander of the Sixth Division, and the signal weapons headquarters in the city.

Sources reported that a number of field commanders of the army and allied militias were killed during today’s battles in El Fasher, including First Lieutenant Abdul Latif Ahmed Kafi Baballah, commander of the guards of Lieutenant General Tijani Al-Dahib. The sources said that the battles saw a large number of soldiers neutralized, amid continuing clashes in several areas within the city.