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Highland Gold Maple making syrup from Cape Breton woods for 25 years | SaltWire #capebreton #maple - A year into Sudan's civil war, Iranian-made armed drones have helped the army turn the tide of the conflict, halting the progress of the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Force and regaining territory around the capital, a senior army source told Reuters.
"In recent weeks, the army has begun to use precise drones in military operations, which forced the RSF to flee from many areas and allowed the army to deploy forces on the ground," said Mohamed Othman, a 59-year-old resident of Omdurman's Al-Thawra district. Asked about Iranian drones, Sudan's acting foreign minister Ali Sadeq, who visited Iran last year and is aligned with the army, told Reuters:"Sudan did not obtain any weapons from Iran."The RSF acknowledged it had suffered setbacks in Omdurman. Its media office said the army had received Iranian drones and other weapons, citing intelligence it had gathered. It did not respond to requests to provide evidence.
Recent territorial advances are the most significant for the army since the fighting began in Sudan's capital last April. The army has said that its recent gains have also been helped by recruitment - taking place over more than six months and accelerating since December - of thousands of volunteers in the areas it controls.Cooperation between Sudan and Iran was strong under former President Omar al-Bashir, until he turned to Iran's Gulf rivals for economic support late in his three-decade rule, cutting relations with Tehran.
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