![A view of the damage caused by clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan on March 28, 2025. [Mohammed Nzar Awad - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AA-20250328-37474131-37474120-SUDANS_ARMY_TAKES_CONTROL_OF_KHARTOUM_INTERNATIONAL_AIRPORT.jpg)
Khartoum International Airport received its first civilian passenger flight on Wednesday, ending a shutdown that lasted two and a half years, Sudanese authorities said, Anadolu reports. “The Badr Airlines flight landed moments ago at Khartoum International Airport, marking the airport’s reopening and the gradual return of air operations from the capital after a long suspension,” the airport authority said in a statement on US social media company Facebook. It described the airport’s reopening as “an important step toward the recovery of Sudan’s aviation sector and the gradual resumption of air traffic.” The reopening came hours after Sudanese air defenses intercepted a drone attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeting the capital early Wednesday, the second such attack in […]
