{"id":187540,"date":"2013-05-26T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-government-forces-beaten-and-dispersed-in-kordofan-clashes-jem\/"},"modified":"2013-05-26T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T23:31:00","slug":"sudan-government-forces-beaten-and-dispersed-in-kordofan-clashes-jem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-government-forces-beaten-and-dispersed-in-kordofan-clashes-jem","title":{"rendered":"Sudan government forces \u2018beaten and dispersed\u2019 in Kordofan clashes: JEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) integrated with the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), has claimed to have \u201cbeaten and dispersed\u201d government forces and their militias in several places in North and South Kordofan on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

JEM deputy head, Mohamed Al Beel Issa Zayyed, told Radio Dabanga that the clashes occurred at places including Umm Garnashak, in the western part of North Kordofan, and the area of Al Bouta in South Kordofan. \u201cA number of soldiers were captured and the SRF seized more than 40 Land Cruiser vehicles and destroyed several others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zayyed said that Friday\u2019s battle occurred when \u201cJEM troops, en route to Khartoum, encountered government forces in Umm Garnashak in North Kordofan\u201d. He claims that the movement\u2019s troops were \u201cable to defeat the government forces while the remaining soldiers fled towards Jeriban\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Saturday, government forces assisted by militias and the Chadian Army intercepted JEM troops in the region of Al Bouta between Foula and Babanusa,\u201d Zayyed said. \u201cThe JEM troops managed to defeat the forces and dispersed them towards Babanusa, Foula and Heglig.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zayyed stressed that the SRF\u2019s objective is Khartoum and not Al Mujlad or Babanusa.<\/p>\n

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