New Delhi, March 30 -- An attack by Sudanese paramilitaries and their allied rebels in the central region of Kordofan killed at least 14 people, including five children and two women, a medical group said Sunday, in the latest deadly assault of the Sudan war.

The Rapid Support Forces and their allies in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North launched a major offensive on Saturday on Dilling, the capital of South Kordofan province. The military, which recently broke the RSF siege on the city, said it fended off the attack.

The Sudan Doctors Network, a group tracking the war, said the RSF and their allies shelled residential areas in the city amid dire humanitarian conditions. It said the hourslong attack wounded at least 23 others,...