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More than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, were rescued from Sudan. They arrived in Jeddah recently. It is the first official evacuation of civilians since fighting began carried out by Sudan’s navy with the support of other branches of the army
More than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, were rescued from Sudan. They arrived in Jeddah recently. It is the first official evacuation of civilians since fighting began carried out by Sudan’s navy with the support of other branches of the army.
The evacuees included 91 Saudi citizens and around 66 nationals from 12 other countries — Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, India, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Canada, and Burkina Faso.
The evacuees were greeted by soldiers handing out sweets for Eid. Among those who arrived in Jeddah was the crew of a Saudi passenger plane that was hit by gunfire while preparing to take off from Khartoum at the start of the fighting on April 15. It was the first evacuation of civilians from Sudan since violence erupted there a week ago.
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The United States, Britain, France, and China are planning to airlift their nationals out of Khartoum using military jets. Clashes erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and those of his deputy-turned-rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has left hundreds dead and thousands wounded.
