Sudan’s military and allied forces reportedly recaptured two strategic positions in the southeastern Blue Nile region on Thursday, following renewed fighting with forces belonging to the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS).
Field sources cited by Sudan Tribune said forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan regained control of the Bukuri military base, located southeast of the regional capital, Ed Damazin, after clashes with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) faction led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu.
Bukuri, situated in Geissan locality, serves as the headquarters of the Sudanese military’s 13th Infantry Brigade, part of its Fourth Infantry Division.
Kurmuk locality commissioner Abdel Ati El Faki also announced that Sudanese military forces had regained control of Uklili, in the northeastern part of Kurmuk locality.
The reported territorial gains could not be independently verified.
Fighting intensifies after TASIS advance
The latest developments follow an announcement by TASIS forces that they had captured the strategically important Al-Baraka military base near Kurmuk earlier this week.
In a statement issued on October 20, the alliance said its fighters had established full control over Al-Baraka, seizing military vehicles, weapons and ammunition.
TASIS also claimed to have inflicted substantial losses on Sudanese military personnel and allied fighters, although the reported casualty figures remain unverified.
Sudan’s military had previously claimed to have repelled attacks on Al-Baraka and Sali, highlighting the conflicting accounts emerging from the battlefield.
The latest reported army advances at Bukuri and Uklili concern separate positions and do not independently establish which side currently controls Al-Baraka.
Strategic battle near Ethiopian border
The fighting forms part of an increasingly contested military campaign across Blue Nile, where TASIS forces have sought to consolidate positions near Sudan’s border with Ethiopia.
The RSF and SPLM-N alliance captured Bukuri and Serkom military bases in August, expanding their presence across strategically important routes in the region.
Thursday’s reported developments suggest a renewed counteroffensive by Sudan’s military aimed at recovering installations it previously lost.
Major General Ismail El Tayeb, commander of the Fourth Infantry Division, recently inspected military positions in the Dandro area south of Ed Damazin and reviewed the readiness of troops deployed across the region.
He reiterated the military’s intention to regain control of Blue Nile.
The competing claims underline the fluid situation along the southeastern front, where control of military bases and transport routes remains central to the wider struggle between TASIS forces and Burhan’s military.
Neither side has provided independently verifiable evidence establishing the full extent of its latest territorial gains.
