El Fasher , June 25(Darfur 24)Thousands of residents from the villages and local areas of Ambro, 200 km northwest of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, western Sudan have fled to neibouring Chad, following the fierce battles between the Rapid Support Forces RSF and the Joint Force this month.
The community leader in the Umbro area, Haroun Jumaa, told “Darfur 24” that the battles between the Rapid Support Forces and the Joint Force in the vicinity of Wadi Howar and the Zarqa Desert forced about 6,000 people, most of them women, children and the elderly, to be displaced and the loss of approximately 50 people whose whereabouts are not yet known.
He said that residents left the( inflamed areas) to the forests in tragic humanitarian conditions without water or food amid an urgent need to intervene and move them to “Ambro, Beri, Al-Tineh, Karnoy and the safe villages.”
A government source in the border city of Al-Tineh, which is under the control of the Sudanese army and its armed movement allies, revealed that hundreds of residents crossed from El-Fasher and the desert areas to the neighboring country of Chad via transport vehicles.
He told “Darfur 24” that many families are leaving for the “Ardmi and Teram” camp inside the state of Chad, explaining that “dozens of those who were in schools in the city of Al-Tineh also went to camps inside neighboring Chad.”
The Sudanese city of Al-Tineh on the border with Al-Tineh of Chad is considered one of the most important strategic cities with a commercial and economic dimension and social interaction between the two countries. It is separated from Chad by a “water stream” and the distance between the two cities does not exceed less than a kilometer only. The city of Al-Tineh is used as a crossing point for the entry of relief trucks after the approval of the Sudanese authorities. An official crossing last March, among the proposed crossings for relief entry into the country.
“Darfur 24” learned from its sources in the city of Al-Tineh the presence of large military convoys of the joint forces consisting of the Sudan Liberation Movement, the leadership of Minawi, the Justice and Equality Movement, the leadership of Jibril Ibrahim, a military garrison for the Sudanese army, and an integrated police station from customs, anti-smuggling, and other departments.
A source in the joint force of the armed movements, who preferred to withhold his identity, told “Darfur 24” that field developments in the desert left people dead, wounded, and captured from all parties, confirming the killing of a number of field commanders of the Rapid Support Forces, including Brigadier General Saleh Jumaa and Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Saleh Abdel Rahman, and the seizure of Land Cruiser cars and a large loaded truck. With heavy weapons.
He stated that the joint force lost Abdul Rahman Youssef Muhammad Nourin, one of the leaders of Justice and Equality, led by Jibril Ibrahim, and some individuals, revealing a fierce battle that took place on the Libyan border between a dissident force from the Revolutionary Awakening Council led by Muhammad Bakhit Ajab al-Dour and a force affiliated with the movements coming from Libya, without further details.