Darfur Rebels Clash With Sudan Army On Two Fronts -- Yahoo News/ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) – Darfur rebels said they fought off an attack by Sudan's army near the regional center of El Fasher Monday, and seized another town in an advance in the south of the region.
Fighting has escalated ahead of an expected decision by the International Criminal Court on whether to issue an arrest warrant against Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges on orchestrating war crimes in Darfur.
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said its forces fought off heavy attacks by troops and jet fighters near El Fasher, capital of North Darfur and the headquarters of the joint United Nations/African Union UNAMID peacekeeping mission.
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