CAIRO: The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out a drone attack on multiple civilian sites in Al-Ubayyid, the capital of North Kordofan state, in the early hours of Friday, field sources have told Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath.

According to the sources, the strike targeted classrooms at Kordofan University for the second time this week.

The city’s medical supply center and a private home in the Riyadh Al-Salihin neighborhood were also hit.

No civilian casualties were reported, the sources said, though the buildings sustained material damage.

A military source told the two outlets that army ground-based defenses intercepted and shot down about 11 drones involved in the attack on Al-Ubayyid.

The use of drones has escalated in recent months, with both the Sudanese army and the RSF increasingly relying on unmanned aerial systems in their operations.

The RSF has been accused of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Kordofan.

Meanwhile, the army has continued to track and strike RSF supply lines in Kordofan and Darfur.

More than 100,000 people have been displaced from the Kordofan region in just over three months, according to the UN, as violence between the army and RSF intensifies with the conflict nearing its third year.