Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Army, Lieutenant General Mohamed Osman Al-Hussein, speaks to media during a press conference in Khartoum, Sudan, January 26, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - After a week of whirlwind gains for the Sudanese army and allies in the capital Khartoum, leaders hailed a turning point in the civil war, speaking to reporters from inside the army's main headquarters that had been besieged since April 2023.
The recapture of the al-Jaili refinery in northern Bahri last week, along with swathes of the city across the Nile from Khartoum, set the stage for the breaking the siege of the army General Command on Friday, and for the army to finally solidify positive momentum in the almost two-year war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
