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Drones shatter months of relative calm in Sudan’s capital as airport targeted

South China Morning Post · · 290 words · By Reuters
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Sudan’s armed forces blamed a drone attack on Monday that targeted Khartoum airport on the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Sudan's armed forces blamed a Monday drone attack on Khartoum airport on the UAE and Ethiopia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSK) (Arabic: مطار الخرطوم الدولي) is an international airport serving Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The airport was shut down from 15 April 2023 to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_International_Airport
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan's armed forces blamed a drone attack on Monday that targeted Khartoum airport on the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia, the latest in a barrage of assaults in recent days that have shattered mon…
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895130
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web search NEUTRAL — Rapid Support Forces launch drone strikes on Khartoum International Airport and military sites, amid allegations of cross-border involvement from Ethiopia. **Focus Keyphrase.
https://sudantribune.com/article/313495
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“Sudan has often accused the UAE of supporting Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries”
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Wikipedia and multiple news reports confirm that the UAE has been widely accused of supporting the RSF, including a case filed by Sudan at the ICJ.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan is taking the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of supporting Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the civil war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w1nzpg5dgo
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web search NEUTRAL — The Rapid Support Forces are a Sudanese paramilitary force formerly operated by the Sudanese government.The United Arab Emirates has been widely accused of secretly supplying it with financial support…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan is accusing the UAE of sending foreign fighters to back the para-military Rapid Support Forces in Darfur region against the Sudanese Armed Forces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MHGtSwID3w
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“had accused Ethiopia of getting involved in the conflict earlier this year”
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While the general context of the conflict is present, the specific claim about accusing Ethiopia of involvement 'earlier this year' (referring to 2025) is not explicitly corroborated by the provided search results, though it aligns with the narrative in the drone attack report.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan, [a] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [b] is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara. Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is located roughly in the center of the country, at the junction of the Blue N…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sudan
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 14, 2026 · Sudan’s war has displaced millions and caused thousands of deaths, with no clear end in sight to the ongoing violence.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/14/after-three-years-o…
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“the army retook control there in March 2025”
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Multiple sources confirm the Sudanese army retook control of Khartoum in March 2025, with Wikipedia noting the airport was shut from April 2023 to March 25, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudan's army takes full control of Khartoum, RSF remains defiant The military declares victory in Khartoum, retaking key positions after months of intense battles against the paramilitary Rapid ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/sudan-army-claims-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Sudanese army wrested back full control over Khartoum after nearly two years of civil war, capping a weeklong offensive against the paramilitary RSF. The capture of Khartoum marks a turning ...
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250328-sudan-army-recla…
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web search NEUTRAL — In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan's military is driving fighters of its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, out of Khartoum.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/world/africa/sudan-kharto…
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“Monday’s drone attacks targeted Khartoum International Airport”
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Multiple independent sources (Daily Sabah, AFP via web search, and other news reports) confirm drone attacks targeted Khartoum International Airport on a Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sudanese air defenses intercepted drones targeting Khartoum International Airport on Monday, military and local sources said, as attacks intensify in the capital amid the ongoing conflict between the …
https://www.dailysabah.com/world/africa/air-defenses-interce…
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web search NEUTRAL — Khartoum Airport came under drone attack on Monday, with Sudanese army air defenses intercepting the aircraft, a military source told AFP. The incident follows attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on t…
https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5269504-drone-attacks-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Drone attacks targeted the Khartoum International Airport, where fighting erupted at the beginning of Sudan's civil war and where the first international flight in three years took place last week.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895130
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“fighting erupted between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources confirm the conflict between the SAF and RSF began in April 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since April 2023, there has been a civil war in Sudan between two primary factions of the country's military government. The conflict involves the internationally recognized government, controlled by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_(2023–prese…
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web search NEUTRAL — The fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces started in April 2023. It was sparked by two generals competing for power after a failed political transition. Since then, t…
https://www.thedeeping.eu/2024/09/17/sudan-is-burning-and-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — In April of 2023, the SAF and Rapid Support Forces RSF clashed in a battle for control of Sudan. The Situation Today. Sources vary on the total dead, with estimates ranging from 15,000 to 150,000 peop…
https://spectator.org/a-war-ravaged-sudan-teeters-on-the-edg…
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“which received its first international flight in three years last week”
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Multiple sources confirm the airport received its first commercial/international flight in nearly three years recently.
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web search NEUTRAL — It is served by Khartoum International Airport with the New Khartoum International Airport under construction.It begins in the age of 3–4, consisting of 1-2 grades, (depending on the parents). Element…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum
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web search NEUTRAL — The Khartoum International Airport on Sunday received its first commercial passenger flight in almost three years, marking a key step toward reopening the airport and restoring air travel to Sudan's c…
https://english.news.cn/20260202/677c08b7648c48a89e06b040234…
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web search NEUTRAL — Khartoum International Airport received its first regularly scheduled flight in more than two years [Screengrab/Al Jazeera].The Sudanese military announced regaining full control of the capital from i…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/1/khartoum-airport-rec…
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“attacks on several states beginning on March 1 had taken off from Ethiopia’s Bahir Dar airport”
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The specific detail that attacks starting March 1 took off from Bahir Dar airport in Ethiopia is mentioned in the primary report but not corroborated by the other provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Drone attacks targeted the Khartoum International Airport, where fighting erupted at the beginning of Sudan's civil war and where the first international flight in three years took place last week.
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895130
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web search NEUTRAL — Several air attacks reportedly caused heavy civilian casualties, most infamously on June 23 when a strike on market day in Togoga reportedly killed 64 civilians and injured 184.An Ethiopian Air Force …
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-chinese-ballistic…
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web search NEUTRAL — A drone attack hit an aid truck in Sudan's North Darfur state, destroying all the supplies on board, the UN refugee agency said on Sunday, without identifying who was responsible.
https://thedefensepost.com/2026/04/27/drone-attack-sudan-un/
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“information from a drone downed in mid-March that he said linked it to the airport and to the United Arab Emirates”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to corroborate the claim about a downed drone in mid-March linking the airport to the UAE.
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