Sudanese Army Attempt to Regain Ground in Khartoum Against Rebels

Sudan’s army launched artillery and airstrikes in Khartoum on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground in the capital since the early days in its 17-month war with the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The push by the army, which lost control of most of the capital at the start of the conflict, came ahead of an address by its commander, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Burhan said any peace efforts depended on the RSF laying down its arms. Without specifying, he said nations were backing the RSF with men, money, and weapons, but that the army was “proceeding to defeat and dislodge these aggressors, no matter how much assistance and support they find.”...