El Fasher, June 18(Darfur 24)Armed confrontations between the armed movements and the Rapid Support (RSF)took place on Monday in the Zarq and Baar areas of Wadi Ambar in Ambro locality, 200 km northwest of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, and led to the burning of 3 villages and dozens of deaths and injuries between the two sides, according to eyewitnesses from the region.
A senior source in the joint force, who preferred to withhold his name, told “Darfur 24” about an attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on some areas. They burned 3 villages belonging to the Rori and Um Baar administration in Wadi Ambar, looted citizens’ property and the health center, and fled to the Zarq area. He pointed out that their forces chased them and killed them. A number of dead and wounded in its ranks and dozens captured, revealing the killing of the commander of the Zorq area Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Saleh Abdel Rahman, and their forces are still pursuing them in the border triangle between Sudan, Libya and Chad.
Meanwhile, the official spokesman for the Rapid Support Forces revealed in a statement that they had inflicted a major defeat on the armed movements affiliated with Minawi and Jibril after attacking their forces in the Umm Baar area in the Ambar Valley and chasing them south to the Mazbad area and the Aruri area. He confirmed in the statement, which Darfur 24 viewed, the seizure of 162 A car with full military equipment, 8 armored vehicles and a 40-pipe launcher, 30 other cars destroyed and 400 killed, including foreign mercenaries, according to the seized identities.
One of the eyewitnesses, Musa Abdullah Muhammad from the Orshi area, 150 km northwest of El Fasher, told “Darfur 24” that residents have been displaced since last week after the arrival of military reinforcements for the joint forces of the armed movements, and the presence of rapid support in the area created panic from the outbreak of battles and the population was displaced towards the areas of Karnoy, Ambro, Al-Tineh and some areas. Villages far from the battlefield.
The region witnessed fierce battles last Friday, leaving a number of dead and wounded and the destruction of vehicles between the two parties.