Drone attacks target Khartoum airport, shattering calm in Sudan's capital

Khartoum International Airport was targeted by drone attacks on Monday, breaking months of relative calm in Sudan's capital amid the ongoing civil war. Sudan's armed forces blamed the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia for the assault, though Reuters could not independently verify the claims. Neither country immediately commented. Sudan has frequently accused the UAE of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries, a charge the Gulf state denies, and had accused Ethiopia of involvement earlier this year. Since Friday, strikes have hit military targets and civilian areas in Khartoum, where residents, ministries, and international agencies had begun returning after the army retook control in March 2025. The airport, which saw some of the earliest fighting in April 2023, had received its first international flight in three years just last week. Army spokesman Brigadier General Asim Awad Abdelwahab stated that evidence links attacks beginning March 1 to Ethiopia's Bahir Dar airport and the UAE, citing a drone downed in mid-March. He said another drone from the same airport was linked to Monday's attack.