Armed drones escorted hundreds of Americans as they began their escape from war-torn Sudan on Saturday amid fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary group.
The official says that it is likely that some of the U.S. citizens who arrived in Port Sudan via the U.S.-organized bus convoy will board the ship to leave Sudan, but details are still being worked out.
Officials said that the U.S. government was likely to release more exact figures of the number evacuated in the convoy once the Americans had made it safely to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. Separately, a Pentagon spokesperson said “the Department of Defense deployed U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to support air and land evacuation routes, which Americans are using.”Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary, said the U.S. was “moving naval assets within the region to provide any necessary support along the coast” and that Defense Secretaryhad “approved a request for assistance from the Department of State to support the safe departure.
Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, said Saturday that “intensive negotiations” by the U.S. with the support of “regional and international partners” created the conditions allowing the evacuation of citizens and noncitizens alike, including Saturday’s operation.Foreign Ministry said in a statement Saturday that U.S. nationals were among almost 1,900 foreign evacuees who arrived in the port of Jeddah by ship on Saturday. It did not say how many Americans were on board.
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