For the second consecutive day, Turkish military cargo aircraft have arrived at Sharq El Owainat Airport in southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The repeated use of the airfield suggests a likely arrangement between Egypt and Turkey, under which Cairo has granted Ankara access to facilities in the south to supply arms to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in their fight against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Using southern Egypt as a logistical hub allows Ankara to bypass its current transport route all the way to Port Sudan, significantly shortening delivery times. This alternative route also enables military equipment to reach the Darfur front much faster, potentially affecting the tempo and balance of the conflict on the ground.
Sharq El Owainat Airport was originally intended to function as a domestic-only airport, primarily supporting the land reclamation and agricultural development project in the Sharq El Owainat area. Its apparent use for repeated military cargo operations therefore represents a notable deviation from its stated civilian role.
Despite Egypt’s pressure on Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) in eastern Libya, southeastern Libya continues to be used as a staging and transit area by the RSF. Recent satellite imagery indicates an increase in activity at RSF camps in the region, underscoring the persistence of cross-border supply and mobilization networks linked to the Sudanese conflict.
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