Witnesses and media sources reported explosions and fires in Port Sudan, eastern Sudan, on Tuesday morning, including the city’s airport and port.Media sources confirmed that a drone targeted the vicinity of Port Sudan International Airport, which was evacuated of passengers.
Drones have struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan, officials said, the third straight day the seat of power of the government, which is aligned with the Sudanese army, has come under attack.
An AFP : loud explosions at dawn
An AFP correspondent reported loud explosions at dawn and plumes of smoke over the coastal city, one coming from the direction of the port and another from a fuel depot just south added One drone struck the civilian section of the Port Sudan airport, two days after the facility’s military base was first attacked in drone strikes the army blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Multiple explosions
While witnesses confirmed Multiple explosions and fires were seen and heard in Sudan’s capital Port Sudan early on Tuesday, a witness said, though the exact locations and causes were unclear, as a civil war rocks the previously quiet city for the third day.
ِِِReuters witness
In the same context, a Reuters witness reported hearing explosions and seeing fires around Port Sudan.The attacks represent a sharp escalation in the fighting. Port Sudan, which overlooks the Red Sea, has been a humanitarian and diplomatic hub and the seat of government, and had been spared ground and air attacks since the start of the war in Sudan until this week.
A third drone
A third drone hit a fuel depot near the southern port in the densely populated city centre, where the UN, aid agencies, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people have relocated from Khartoum.
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Since April 2023
Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by war between the army and RSF, triggered by a dispute over a transition to civilian rule. The conflict has displaced over 12 million people and pushed half the population into acute hunger, according to the United Nations.The conflict has displaced more than 12 million people in Sudan and pushed half the population into acute hunger, according to the UN.
ِAbout : Port Sudan
It is noteworthy that Port Sudan, city, principal seaport of Sudan, located on the Red Sea coast 295 miles (475 km) by rail northeast of the Nile River valley at ʿAṭbarah. Built between 1905 and 1909 to replace Sawākin (Suakin)—the historic, coral-choked Arab port—Port Sudan has a petroleum refinery, an international airport, and modern docking facilities that handle the bulk of the country’s external trade.
The harbour
The harbour is in the mouth of a gulf continuing seaward through a coral-free channel 60–85 feet (18–26 metres) deep. Imports include machinery, vehicles, fuel oil, and building materials. Cotton, gum arabic, oilseeds, hides and skins, and senna are the chief exports according to Encyclopaedia Britannica
An oil pipeline
An oil pipeline about 528 miles (850 km) in length, between the port and Khartoum, was completed in 1977. Port Sudan has a near-desert climate, necessitating the acquisition of fresh water from Wadi Arbaʿāt in the Red Sea Hills and from desalination plants. The population, mainly Arab or Nubian Sudanese, includes the indigenous Beja, West Africans, and small minorities of Asians and Europeans. Pop. (2000 est.) urban agglom., 410,000.
