RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has carried out the biggest evacuation from crisis-hit-Sudan since the start of its operations when a vessel carrying twenty Saudi nationals and 1,866 foreigners arrived in Jeddah on Saturday.
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The fresh arrivals brought the number of evacuees since the start of Saudi’s mission to 4,879 citizens, made up of 139 Saudi nationals and 4,738 foreign citizens of other nations including UK, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Egypt and Rwanda, the Saudi foreign ministry said. United Nations (UN) staff were also among those evacuated from the African country on Saturday.
“The KSA worked to provide all the necessary requirements of foreign citizens in preparation for facilitating their departures to their nations,” the foreign ministry said.
Military plane on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over the capital of Sudan on Saturday as fierce fighting between paramilitaries and Sudan’s army entered a third week, violating the new truce.
Over 500 people have been killed since the fighting erupted on April 15 between the fighters of army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and his head of RSF Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.
UN representatives thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for its efforts in its evacuation program.
