Strike on Al-Zurq market highlights Sudanese army’s growing reliance on drones

The attack on Al-Zurq market in North Darfur, which left dozens dead and wounded, has sparked renewed concerns over the Sudanese army’s widening use of Turkish-made drones against civilians.

Observers argue that this pattern signals a shift in the nature of the war, with markets and residential areas becoming direct targets - a tactic they described as one aimed at “spreading terror among the population” rather than striking battlefronts.

Military experts link the intensification of aerial bombardments to the army’s loss of ground control across vast areas of Darfur and Kordofan.