Sudan’s army says it has captured al-Mazroub in North Kordofan after fierce fighting with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in a move aimed at disrupting the paramilitary group’s supply lines.
The Sudanese Armed Forces said on Friday that the clashes had caused casualties among RSF fighters and destroyed a number of the group’s combat vehicles. The claim has not been independently verified.
“The Armed Forces urge citizens in the liberated areas to rest assured and return to their normal lives,” the military said in a statement.
An army source described al-Mazroub as the RSF’s largest stronghold in North Kordofan. Mohammed Deidan, a spokesman for the army’s Special Forces, said the city connected North Kordofan with West Kordofan.
He said taking the city would advance the army’s effort to cut RSF supply routes. The capture would also strengthen the army’s position in a region that has become a central theatre of Sudan’s war.
Fighting intensifies across Kordofan
Violence in Kordofan has intensified since late 2025. The vast region comprises North, West and South Kordofan and lies between the army-held central areas and the RSF-controlled territory of Darfur to the west.
The army has the upper hand in North Kordofan, while the RSF controls much of the west. South Kordofan remains contested.
Since the conflict began in April 2023, one in five recorded attacks in Sudan has taken place in Kordofan, according to the figures cited by the Sudanese military report.
The fighting has also drawn in the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), a breakaway faction whose leader, Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, has aligned its fighters with the RSF and joined the group’s parallel government.
Last month, the Sudan Doctors Network accused the RSF-aligned SPLM-N of carrying out an artillery attack in Dilling, in South Kordofan.
