Sudanese paramilitary forces targeted an airport, a warehouse and several civilian facilities in the eastern city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea, setting off “scattered explosions,” according to a spokesman from Sudan’s military.
A Sudanese army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Nabil Abdullah, said in a statement on Sunday that “the enemy” — a reference to the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces — had targeted the port city with exploding drones.
General Abdullah said that antiaircraft weapons had been able to shoot down a number of the drones, but that the attack had “caused limited damage, including a hit on an ammunition depot at Osman Digna Air Base, which caused scattered explosions.” No casualties were reported.
The air base is a joint military and civilian airport, and flights were halted during the day, according to the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, which said in a statement that it “condemned the treacherous attack on the air base in Port Sudan by the rebel militias.” On Sunday afternoon, the Port Sudan International Airport said in a statement that normal operations had resumed.
It was the first attack on Port Sudan, which has been serving as the country’s provisional capital, since civil war erupted in Sudan in 2023. There was no immediate comment from the paramilitary group, which is known as the R.S.F.
