N’DJAMENA – Chad’s army accused Sudanese forces or allied parties of carrying out an air and drone attack on a convoy inside Chadian territory, warning that it had placed its units on high alert and reserved the right to respond to any threat to national sovereignty.

In a televised statement on Saturday, Chadian army spokesman Gen. Al-Chanan Issakha Acheikh said available information indicated that aircraft and drones involved in the attack belonged to Sudanese forces or parties supporting them.

He said the strike targeted a convoy of vehicles more than 100 kilometers inside Chadian territory, away from the Sudanese border.

The Chadian military said all army units had been placed on maximum alert in anticipation of any field developments. It said the armed forces retained the right to take necessary measures to defend national sovereignty and confront any potential threat.

Chad’s army also renewed its warning to parties involved in Sudan’s war against transferring fighting or expanding military operations into Chadian territory, stressing that it would protect the country’s borders and national security.

The Sudanese army did not immediately comment on the Chadian accusation. Sudan Now could not independently verify the details of the reported strike, the identity of the convoy or the aircraft involved.

The Chadian announcement marks a potentially serious escalation in the regional fallout from Sudan’s war, which began in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and has increasingly affected neighboring countries.

The Sudan-Chad border has become one of the most sensitive regional fronts of the conflict. Chad hosts large numbers of Sudanese refugees fleeing violence in Darfur, while Sudanese officials have repeatedly accused Chadian territory of being used as a transit route for weapons, fighters and logistical support to the RSF. Chad denies supporting any side in the war.

Chadian activists said the convoy targeted in the reported airstrike included forces affiliated with the RSF. However, the Chadian army did not identify the convoy or say who it belonged to, referring only to a group of vehicles attacked inside Chadian territory.

International reports and Sudanese officials have previously alleged that RSF supply routes pass through eastern Chad, including areas near Amdjarass, as part of broader logistical networks feeding the war in Darfur. Those claims have remained a major source of tension between Khartoum and N’Djamena.

The border region is also shaped by tribal, commercial and security links that cross both sides of the frontier. Reports of Chadian fighters and other foreign combatants entering Sudan have added to fears that the war could become more deeply entangled with regional armed networks.

The latest accusation comes amid repeated warnings that Sudan’s conflict could spill further into neighboring countries if cross-border military activity, refugee flows and proxy support are not contained.