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Joint force seizes 82 combat vehicles in Sudan

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The Joint Force of armed struggle movements says it took control of 82 combat vehicles during operations in northern Kordofan. The fighting also enabled it to retake the Ayal Bakhit area and its surroundings, according to its spokesman, Mutawakkil Ali Wakil Abouja.

The joint force of armed movements involved in the Sudanese conflict says it captured 82 combat vehicles during operations in northern Kordofan. The operations also enabled it, according to the joint force's spokesman, to take control of Ayal Bakhit and neighbouring areas.

The fighters carried out sweeping operations after the fighting, joint force spokesman Moutwakil Ali Wakil Abouja said in a statement. He presented the operations as a new military advance by the coalition of armed groups.

The retaking of Ayal Bakhit comes in an area where Sudanese forces and forces fighting them are contesting control of positions around El Obeid. Military operations had also been reported in the area.

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