France, March 26 -- TheSudanese army recaptured Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, military sources said on Wednesday, marking another gain in itstwo-year-old warwith a rival armed group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Sudan's army said in a statement it had also taken control of the Tiba al-Hassanab camp in Jabal Awliya, describing this as the RSF's main base in centralSudanand its last stronghold in Khartoum.

The army secured both sides of Manshiya bridge, which crosses the Blue Nile in Khartoum, leaving the Jabel Awliya bridge just south of the capital as the only crossing out of the area still under RSF control.

The Sudanese army had long been on the back foot in a conflict that threatens to partition the country and has caus...