The conflict in Sudan has reached a critical juncture. After thirty-nine months of civil war, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured the presidential palace in central Khartoum on Friday morning, dealing a major and decisive blow to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rebel paramilitary group that has controlled the area since the beginning of the war.

At least five civilians were killed in an artillery attack by the Rapid Action Forces (RSF) on a mosque in Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum, the Sudanese government said. The imam of the mosque and several children were also injured.

In Sudan, the Rapid Support Force (RSF) reported that a plane used as a bomber by the Sudanese army was shot down in the Malha region of North Darfur. However, the wreckage belonged to an Il-76 aircraft, and one of the crew members had the credentials of Airline Transport Incorporation FZC, a company based in Kyrgyzstan, based in the UAE.

It has been 500 days since the clashes between the government army and the Rapid Action Forces began in Sudan. During this period, the country suffered a comprehensive decline, about 19,000 people died, and over 10 million people were forced to leave their homes.