After the war broke out in Ramadan 2023, The RSF gained control of Abu Zabad, a city to the north of Dalang.

Sudan War Monitor reported war crimes including two hanged half-stripped bodies in Dilling amidst an RSF attack on 10 January 2024 repelled by SAF and SPLM-N, and combat in Western Dilling; and the handling of a killed SAF soldier that was shown off in a marketplace.

Airstrikes were impacting in the skies above the battle and drew attention to the part-razed and infrastructurally impaired city.

Report indicates the humanitarian problems refugees faced included lack of medical resources, roads and sheltering in overfilled cities such as El Obeid.

[3] Other areas in the Kordofan region that held intense military action included Babanusa, where fighting threatened to push more displacement.