KHARTOUM, Sudan/ISTANBUL In recent days, fighting has intensified across the three states of Sudan’s Kordofan region, as the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seek to consolidate territorial control. The escalation comes amid the army’s efforts to strengthen its grip over Khartoum and open a path westward toward Darfur. Clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF have grown fiercer as both sides attempt to seize strategic areas that would secure supply routes for their