| Siege of El Fasher | |||||||||
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| Part of the Darfur campaign of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | |||||||||
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 Asia Al-KhalifaNimir Mohammed Abdelrahman (until December 2023)  Minni Minawi Babikir Musa † Abbas Minnawi † Gibril Ibrahim El Sadig El Foka
Abdul Wahid al-Nur |
 Ali Yaqoub Gibril †Nimir Mohammed Abdelrahman (after December 2023) Abdul Rahman Qarn Shata † Abu Al Qasim-Ali Musa † Osman Mohamed Hamid Mohamed Ibrahim Delib † Hamida Abbas † | ||||||||
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RSF claim 1 Antonov An-26 destroyed |
SAF claim 15,470 killed (including mercenaries from Colombia, Libya, Chad) Several commanders killed 25 vehicles destroyed 30 vehicles captured | ||||||||
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782+ civilians killed, 1,143+ injured (May 2024) | |||||||||
The Siege of El Fasher was a long military attack on the Sudanese city of El Fasher, located in North Darfur, Sudan. It was carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as part of the wider Sudanese civil war (2023–present).
El Fasher was the last major city in the Darfur region held by the Sudanese Army and its allies. After an 18-month siege, the city fell to the RSF in October 2025. Following the capture, a terrible event known as the El Fasher massacre occurred, where RSF fighters attacked and killed many civilians.