Sudan’s Founding Alliance (TASIS) said Tuesday that a drone strike by General al-Burhan’s SAF killed 28 civilians and wounded 41 others at a market in Ghabish, West Kordofan State.
In a statement, TASIS said the strike hit the city’s main market on Tuesday morning, causing heavy damage to shops, civilian buildings and private property. It said women and children were among the victims.
The alliance accused the Port Sudan authority, which it described as controlled by the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood, of pursuing a systematic policy of targeting civilians, markets, public gatherings and infrastructure with drone attacks.
TASIS said Ghabish is located far from active frontlines, arguing that the strike showed a pattern of attacks on civilian areas rather than military targets.
The statement, issued by TASIS spokesperson Ahmed Taqaddus Lisan, said the attack amounted to a “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law, particularly the principle requiring parties to distinguish between civilian objects and military targets.
Sudan’s war has seen a sharp increase in drone attacks, particularly across Kordofan and Darfur, where markets, hospitals, displacement sites and other civilian infrastructure have repeatedly been hit. The Associated Press reported this week that drones have become a major driver of civilian deaths in Sudan, citing U.N. figures that more than 880 civilians were killed by drones between January and April 2026.
Rights groups and U.N. officials have repeatedly warned that the expanding use of drones in populated areas is worsening Sudan’s humanitarian crisis. Previous strikes in Kordofan this year killed dozens of civilians, including children, and prompted calls for all parties to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure.
