The Sudanese army announces that it has repelled an attack carried out by Ethiopian forces on Al-Fashqa

The Sudanese army confirmed that it had repelled an attack by Ethiopian forces and allied armed groups in the country Al-Fashqa border area, causing “significant loss of life and equipment”.

The Sudanese army declared, in a statement released on Saturday evening: “Our forces operating in the . Securing the harvest in the small apartment In the Barakat Noreen area, an attack and attack by Ethiopian army and militia groups aimed at intimidating farmers, sabotaging the harvest season and raids on our lands.

He continued, “Our forces bravely faced the attack and inflicted heavy casualties on them in human lives and equipment “.

Earlier in the day, the Sudan Tribune newspaper reported, citing high-ranking military sources, that the Sudanese army responded to the incursion of Ethiopian forces and the Amhara militia into Sudanese territory east of Barakat Noreen, near the settlement. of Malakawa, at a depth of 17 kilometers.

He stressed that the clashes that broke out with heavy weapons continued until noon on Saturday.

This fits into the background of the battles the Sudanese army has been waging with Ethiopian forces and the groups supporting them since the announcement of its deployment to Al-Fashqa lands in November 2020.

The border lands between Sudan and Ethiopia are divided in 3 regions, namely, the Lesser Fashqa, the Greater Fashqa and the southern regions, with an area of ​​about two million acres and located between 3 rivers, namely Setit, Atbara and Baslam, which makes them very fertile.

Al-Fashqa extends for a distance of 168 km with the Ethiopian border on the total distance of the border of the State of Gedaref with Ethiopia, which is about 265 km.

Following military operations, Sudan recaptured 92% of these fertile lands months ago for the first time in 25 years after the withdrawal of the Sudanese army.

And Sudanese army commander Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan had previously promised his country would recover seven border sites with Ethiopia through diplomacy, not force.

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