Sudanese Armed Forces warplanes launched a new wave of airstrikes on Nyala on Thursday, residents said, as the army continued its aerial campaign against the administrative capital of the Sudan Founding Alliance, or TASIS.
Witnesses reported a series of powerful explosions in the eastern part of the South Darfur capital after aircraft struck locations inside the city. The precise targets and extent of casualties or damage were not immediately clear.
The attack marks the latest in a series of SAF air and drone strikes against Nyala, which has emerged as both a major military center for the Rapid Support Forces and the seat of the TASIS-backed Peace Government.
TASIS has been steadily building federal and regional institutions in Nyala, where government ministries and administrative bodies have increasingly begun operating. The alliance, which includes the RSF and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, established the city as the center of its alternative governing structure.
SAF has repeatedly targeted Nyala during the war, including strikes on the airport, military facilities, warehouses and locations associated with senior RSF and TASIS officials.
Previous attacks have also hit civilian areas and government facilities.
In March, a drone strike on a residence in Nyala killed senior TASIS figure Osama Hassan Hussein and wounded several others. TASIS Prime Minister Mohamed Hassan al-Taishi later accused Sudan’s Islamist movement of pursuing a campaign of political assassinations through drone warfare.
In May, SAF intensified its air campaign against the city, with repeated strikes reported around Nyala airport and eastern neighborhoods. RSF officials said at the time that their air-defense units had shot down a Turkish-made Akinci drone during one of the attacks.
The RSF has repeatedly accused SAF and its Islamist allies of using air and drone strikes against civilian areas under TASIS control, describing the campaign as an attempt to weaken the administration and punish populations living outside Port Sudan’s authority.
Thursday’s strikes come as the conflict increasingly relies on long-range drone and air power, allowing both sides to attack positions far beyond traditional front lines.
Nyala has taken on greater strategic importance since TASIS began consolidating its governing institutions there, making attacks on the city increasingly significant politically as well as militarily.
There was no immediate statement from TASIS or the RSF on Thursday’s latest strikes.
