ALBAWABA - The Sudanese army has stepped up its efforts to retake the Al-Jaili oil refinery, which is said to be the biggest refinery in the nation and is situated north of Khartoum. This comes after the army defeated the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and retook Wad Madani, the capital of Al-Jazeera State.
Al Jazeera was informed by military sources that the army had advanced to positions close to the Sudanese Oil Refining Company, which is located north of the RSF's main fortress inside the refinery. The Al-Bakash mountain range, which is close to the site, was formerly under army control. With a daily capacity of 100,000 barrels, the refinery is a vital national asset that supplies about half of Sudan's petroleum requirements. Because to the continuing violence, it has not been in operation since October 2023.
There has been intense conflict over the refinery and its environs, with the army and RSF trading charges about the damage brought about by frequent strikes. Omdurman recently launched artillery attacks on RSF defensive positions in Khartoum Bahri, and the army reportedly made substantial progress.
Nationwide celebrations were held in response to Wad Madani's recapture. While Sudanese communities overseas in places like Mecca, Riyadh, Cairo, and London uploaded recordings of joyous celebrations, residents in army-controlled regions sang chants of togetherness.
The win was heralded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the start of "the end of the RSF’s grip on the Sudanese people." Army-aligned Darfur commander Minni Arko Minawi promised to keep up military operations to free all areas still ruled by the RSF.
RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemetti), on the other hand, admitted that his troops had lost Wad Madani, calling it a "lost battle, not the war."
