Al-Shajara, Khartoum
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Al-Shajara () is a neighbourhood located in West
Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...
, the capital city of Sudan. It is situated near Jabra neighbourhood, which includes one of the headquarters of the
Rapid Support Forces The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; ) is a paramilitary force formerly operated by the government of Sudan. The RSF grew out of, and is primarily composed of, the Janjaweed militias which previously fought on behalf of the Sudanese government. RSF ...
(RSF) and
Hemedti Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (born 1974 or 1975), commonly known by the mononym Hemedti, is a Sudanese military officer and the current head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A Janjaweed leader from the Rizeigat tribe in Darfur, he was th ...
's house. The headquarters of the Armoured Corps of the
Sudanese Armed Forces The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; ) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. The force strength has been estimated at personnel in 2011 (by IISS), 200,000 personnel before the current war in Sudan broke out in 2023 (by the CIA), and ...
(SAF) is located in Al-Shajara. On 31 July, during the
2023 Sudan conflict 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...
, The SAF Special Task Forces attacked an RSF-held
Yarmouk Military Industrial Complex Yarmouk Military Industrial Complex (YIC; ), also known as the Yarmouk Munitions Factory (), is a military complex located in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. History The complex was established in 1993 and inaugurated in 1996 with the aim of ...
near Al-Shajara and claimed to have killed 15 paramilitaries. The SAF also claimed that 23 RSF officers had defected to their side in the July.


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