Chad condemned the threat of the Sudanese general to target the airport, calling it a “declaration of war.”
The Foreign Ministry said that if “square meters in the Chad region are threatened”, it will respond in accordance with international law.
The warning follows the comments of Lieutenant Yasir Al-Atta, deputy commander of the Sudanese army, who said the UAE is using Chad airport to deliver weapons to the paramilitary rapid support force (RSF).
Throughout the brutal two-year civil war, Sudanese troops repeatedly accused the UAE of supporting its rival RSF, creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
UN experts have called the UAE’s allegations of smuggling weapons to the RSF through Chad “credible”, but the UAE has denied that.
Sudan recently decided to bring the UAE to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with alleged support for the RSF.
He spoke at the ceremony in a ceremony that the airports in the Chadian capital n’djamena and the eastern city of Amdjarass were “legitimate targets.”
Lieutenant Atta said “retaliation” against UAE, South Sudan and Chadian President Mahamat Derby.
South Sudan is also accused of supporting the RSF. It denies any aspect of the conflict.
Lieutenant Aita warned: “We know what we are saying, and we are not kidding at all, nor can we speak.”
The BBC has contacted Sudanese authorities to clarify his comments.
His comments reflect the deep frustration of the Sudanese army not only with the UAE, but with neighboring countries, accused of allowing its territory to be used as a supply route for the RSF.
The Sudanese Ministry of Defense said in December that the weapons provided include strategic drones carrying missiles.
Chad positioned itself as neutral, but the verbal war revealed regional instability caused by the Sudanese civil war, which was complicated by the participation of external players.
Chad said: “General Al Atta should stop uttering stupid threats and focus on the urgent need to stop hostilities immediately and have to delay constructive dialogue in support of peaceful and lasting solutions.” He stressed that it was hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees, most from the neighboring Dalfur region, which is from the neighboring Dalfur region.
The RSF claims to have occupied Al-Malha in Darfur, a demanding exchange, and the town is located on a crucial trade route in Chad and Libya.
It also acted as a critical crossroads, causing the El-Fasher to be about 200 kilometers (125 miles), the last state capital of Darfur is still under Army control, and the RSF has sieged it for nearly a year.
Chadian President Mahamat Déby says he remains neutral in conflict in neighboring Sudan [AFP]
The rebel group said it had “surrounded the enemy… and left 380 dead” after months of fighting with armed groups against the Sudanese army.
It claims to have “liberated” the region and declares that it remains firm [its] Determined to end this war in order to support the Sudanese people”.
The BBC spoke with two members of local militant groups, known as the Emergency Response Room, who have been coordinating the town’s humanitarian relief.
We did not use their names to protect them and their families.
They said that after RSF controlled the town, it closed off the deviant roads to prevent people from escaping and imposing lockdowns.
Ahmed (not his real name) said the agency was not working properly.
Hospitals don’t work, major markets are plundered, no one gets water, usually delivered by suppliers from storage tanks.
It is estimated that the estimated range of people killed in RSF advances ranges from 35 to 48.
Ahmed, who monitors Darfur from outside the country, said it was because the group cut off the Internet communications from Al-Malha.
He was unable to contact his mother and 11 siblings to find out what was going on
Since the beginning of the conflict, thousands of refugees have crossed the border from Darfur to Chad [Getty Images]
Ismail (not his real name) managed to flee with his family to the village of Yanana at night, where many people displaced in Almaha are also struggling to obtain food and water.
They told the BBC that others took refuge in the herd of nomadic goats and camels.
Ismail said many of the people killed were businessmen in the market because they belonged to the Zaghawa community, a racial base of the United Forces.
The RSF also burned down homes of people they believed had ties to the military or government.
Ahmed said at least two traditional community leaders were killed.
Analysts say the RSF appears determined to consolidate its control over the Darfur fort after months of army gains in central Sudan and the capital Khartoum.
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, the head of the group, vowed to fight in Khartoum despite significant progress made by the army last week.
Paramilitary fighters are still scattered in parts of the city’s center and in the southern and western parts of the capital.
But the Army said it has been steadily seizing critical infrastructure and buildings, including central banks and state intelligence headquarters, as it consolidates control over the area.
The full recovery of the rest of the capital would mark a key point in the war, giving the Sudanese army a strategic advantage on other battlefields in the country.
However, many observers believe that there is danger of breaking away from fact zoning, with two warring parties and their supporters firmly rooting themselves in their own areas of influence.
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