Gulf-based English daily; July 1 longform on Sudan's drone-driven war, placing the Kulbus operation in the context of the SAF's emerging drone superiority over the RSF in West Darfur
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The National · UAE · SAF-allied Joint Forces seize Kulbus in West Darfur, opening the army's biggest western gain since El-Fasher fell
Reported Sudan's civil war has evolved into a drone-driven tech race, with the SAF's drone strikes giving it battlefield advantage in the West Darfur theater. Placed the Kulbus operation in the context of SAF drone strikes disrupting RSF supply lines and command structures near the Chadian border. Noted the UN has recorded more than 1,000 civilians killed by drone strikes in Sudan in 2026.
“Sudan's war becomes drone-driven tech race with civilians caught in the crossfire.”