Sudan's warring factions widen conflict across the country

Smoke rises after clashes between warring factions resumed in Sudan's capital Khartoum and a neighboring city after a three-day cease-fire expired on June 23, 2023. [AP Photo]

Sudan's two-month long war is extending across the country with the army and Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, clashing in several areas on Friday.

Airstrikes and anti-aircraft missile fire hit overnight in the Omdurman and Khartoum, two of the three cities that make up Sudan's wider capital. But the war has in recent days heated up in cities to the west of the capital, in the fragile Darfur and Kordofan regions.