Sudanese army spokesman Nabil Abdullah said on state television that the presidential palace and ministry buildings in central Khartoum, which were seized by the paramilitary group The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in 2015, have been recaptured.

“Our forces have completely destroyed enemy fighters and equipment and seized a large amount of equipment and weapons. We confirm that we will continue the fight until victory is complete,” Abdullah said.

Clashes after the Sudanese army and RSF, which refused General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s call to join the national army to prevent it from acting as an independent force, left thousands dead across the country. Both sides are accused of targeting civilians and bombing residential areas.

The RSF, which began forming a parallel government earlier this year, has control of parts of Khartoum and neighboring Omdurman, as well as western Sudan, where the army is fighting to capture Al-Fashir, its last stronghold in Darfur.