Siege of El Obeid | |||||||
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Part of Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
North Kordofan Police[3] El Obeid Resistance Committee |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fadlallah al-Tom Faisal Alhassan[4] Ahmed Ali[3] | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
31+ military killed[5] 20+ police killed[6] | Unknown | ||||||
Hundreds of civilians killed |
The siege of El Obeid was a siege in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, during the 2023 Sudan conflict. The battle began on April 15, and saw the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) capture the El Obeid airport from the Sudanese Army contingent in the city. Throughout April and May, the Sudanese Army repelled several RSF assaults on the city, although by May 30, the RSF fully surrounded the city and laid siege to it.