Khartoum airport chief: Drone attacks did not disrupt flights

Four people, including three children aged between two and six, were killed in a drone attack targeting a residential area near Khartoum International Airport on Monday. The airport director confirmed that the facility sustained no damage and that flight operations continue as normal.

Speaking to Al Arabiya and Al Hadath TV channels, the airport director said that the airport is still receiving passengers and operating scheduled flights. He noted that several aircraft landed and took off in recent hours, with no damage reported from the attacks.

A medical source told Agence France-Presse that the four bodies were taken to Omdurman morgue, explaining that the victims died in a drone strike in the Imtidad Nasser neighborhood in eastern Khartoum. Meanwhile, a military source said Sudanese army air defenses shot down drones launched by the Rapid Support Forces that were targeting the airport and its surroundings.

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These developments come amid ongoing drone attacks between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, despite the army's announcement of regaining control of Khartoum and its suburbs in two phases, in March and May 2025, and a subsequent decrease in clashes.

The war, which began in April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, continues to have severe humanitarian consequences. Relief organizations estimate that the conflict has killed more than 200,000 people, displaced millions within Sudan and abroad, and caused widespread famine in several regions.