What happened at Jabal Al-Aqaydat this week and why Egypt did it.


1.⁠ ⁠Egyptian military aircraft struck a civilian gold mining zone inside Sudan on June 17
2.⁠ ⁠35+ killed, ~80 injured. Miners who had fled Sudan's war to work in this area
3.⁠ ⁠Prior to this strike: Egyptian ground forces had already entered the area, seizing gold and mining equipment
4.⁠ ⁠Surveillance drones were flying over the site for days before the attack
5.⁠ ⁠Egypt operates a documented military base inside Sudan (East Oweinat, NYT, Feb 2026)
6.⁠ ⁠Sudan's military refused to respond on whether Egyptian aircraft violated its own airspace
Three eyewitnesses told Sudan Peace Tracker the same thing about Egypt's motive: control of Sudan's gold under the cover of war.
"Egypt does not see Sudan as a homeland, nor Sudanese as a people. They see only land and resources."
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