Egyptian soldiers captured by Sudanese paramilitary return home

Rapid Support Forces detained soldiers after storming airbase north of Khartoum

Dozens of Egyptian soldiers caught in fighting in Sudan have returned home after being handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, (RSF) one of the two factions battling for control in Khartoum and across the vast country for almost a week.

The Egyptian army said on Thursday that three flights carrying its troops had arrived at a Cairo airbase the previous day.