The Aporia · Sudan’s army says it captured RSF stronghold in North Kordofan

Sudan’s Armed Forces announced on Friday that they have captured the city of al-Mazroub in North Kordofan after battles with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), resulting in significant casualties for the paramilitary group and loss of combat vehicles. The military claims this strategic victory advances their goal of cutting off RSF supply lines, as al-Mazroub is described as a major RSF stronghold linking North and West Kordofan states.

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The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) captured the town of al-Mazroub in North Kordofan state on Friday after fierce battles with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, marking a significant military victory. SAF spokesperson Mohammed Deidan stated that capturing al-Mazroub was crucial as it links North Kordofan and West Kordofan, helping to cut off RSF supply lines. The town is one of the RSF's largest strongholds in North Kordofan, and its loss will increase pressure on RSF positions across the region. However, while SAF has made substantial gains in recent weeks, particularly in North Kordofan, the broader conflict remains unresolved, with RSF still controlling most of Darfur and parts of Kordofan. The ongoing war, which began in April 2023 after months of tension between SAF and RSF in Khartoum, continues to devastate Sudan, one of the poorest countries globally.

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The Sudanese Armed Forces say they have taken control of al-Mazroub in North Kordofan state following fierce battles with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), marking a significant gain in one of the war’s main battlegrounds. asserted

they → say → battlegrounds

In a statement on Friday, the military said fierce battles resulted in casualties among the paramilitary RSF forces, as well as heavy combat vehicle losses. asserted

battles → say → forces

The corridor linking Sudan’s east and west - list 2 of 3Washington’s diplomacy in Sudan has backfired - list 3 of 3Ethiopia, Eritrea break ties: asserted

diplomacy → link → Eritrea

Does the conflict risk becoming regional war? asserted

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“The Armed Forces urge citizens in the liberated areas to rest assured and return to their normal lives,” the statement added. asserted

statement → urge → lives

A Sudanese army source told Al Jazeera that al-Mazroub was the RSF’s largest stronghold in North Kordofan. asserted

Mazroub → tell → Kordofan

Army Special Forces spokesman Mohammed Deidan told the Anadolu news agency that the city links the states of North Kordofan and West Kordofan and that, by seizing it, the army was advancing its goal of cutting the RSF’s supply lines. asserted

army → tell → lines

Fighting in Sudan’s Kordofan region has intensified since late 2025, turning it into one of the main battlegrounds in the war between the army and the RSF, now in its fourth year. asserted

Fighting → intensify → year

The vast region – which comprises North, West and South Kordofan states – lies where the two sides’ areas of control meet, between the army-held central region and the RSF-controlled Darfur in the West. asserted

areas → comprise → West

Since the war began in April 2023, one in five recorded attacks in Sudan has taken place in Kordofan. asserted

attacks → begin → Kordofan

The army has the upper hand in the north, the RSF in the west, and South Kordofan remains contested. asserted

Kordofan → remain → west

Adding another layer of ethnic friction to the country’s wider civil war, last month the Sudan Doctors Network accused the RSF-allied Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) of carrying out the artillery attack in the town of Dilling, in the South Kordofan province. asserted

Network → add → province

The SPLM-N is a breakaway faction of the SPLM, the governing party of neighbouring South Sudan. asserted

N → govern → Sudan

Its leader, Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, has aligned his fighters with the RSF and joined ranks with the RSF-led parallel government in Sudan. asserted

leader → align → Sudan

Sudan’s army says it captured RSF stronghold in North Kordofan

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