The Sudanese military on Tuesday accused troops loyal to putschist Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar of assaulting border posts, marking the primary time Sudan has instantly implicated its northwestern neighbor within the nation’s two-year battle.
The conflict between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, whom the army additionally accused of involvement, has drawn in a number of international international locations, whereas worldwide makes an attempt at bringing about peace have to this point failed.
Sudan had accused japanese Libya’s Haftar of supporting the RSF by way of weapons deliveries. It has lengthy accused Haftar’s ally, the UAE, of supporting the RSF as nicely, together with by way of direct drone strikes final month. The UAE denies these allegations.
Egypt, which has additionally backed Haftar, has lengthy supported the Sudanese military.
In a press release, the military stated the assault came about within the Libya-Egypt-Sudan border triangle, an space to the north of one of many conflict’s essential entrance strains, al-Fashir, the capital of North Darfur.
Khaftar’s forces couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
“We will defend our country and our national sovereignty, and will prevail, regardless of the extent of the conspiracy and aggression supported by the United Arab Emirates and its militias in the region,” the Sudanese military stated in a press release.
Source: www.dailysabah.com