{"id":176195,"date":"2018-06-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/darfur-rebels-retreating-militiamen-burn-six-villages-in-ongoing-jebel-marra-battle\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:00:00","slug":"darfur-rebels-retreating-militiamen-burn-six-villages-in-ongoing-jebel-marra-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/darfur-rebels-retreating-militiamen-burn-six-villages-in-ongoing-jebel-marra-battle","title":{"rendered":"Darfur rebels: \u2018Retreating militiamen\u2019 burn six villages in ongoing Jebel Marra battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sudan Liberation Movement Abdelwahid El Nur faction (SLM-AW) claim to have killed 89 members of the main government Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia during a second day of attacks by government forces on the areas controlled by the movement south and west of Darfur’s Jebel Marra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waleed Mohamed Abakar, the SLM-AW military spokesman, told Radio Dabanga that the RSF used heavy artillery to attack the movement’s sites near Saboun El Fagor in south Jebel Marra.<\/p>\n

He explained that the movement’s forces managed to repel the attack, kill 89 members of the RSF and seize 14 machine guns and 65 Kalashnikov assault rifles.<\/p>\n

Akbar alleges that the RSF burned six villages in southern Jebel Marra including Saboun El Fagur, Koya, Tara, Teringel, Terabah and Jonglei after their defeat in the battle.<\/p>\n

Ongoing battle<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added that yesterday the RSF carried out another attack on the movement’s site at Sherinkil area southwest of Jebel Marra.<\/p>\n

He said the movement’s forces managed to repel the attack but the battle is still going on between the two sides.<\/p>\n

‘Six girls raped’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the military spokesman accused government forces of raping six girls<\/a>, including two children at Limo area south of Jebel Marra, after being defeated by the movement’s forces.<\/p>\n