U.S. embassy staff in Sudan evacuated in 'fast and clean' operation amid fighting, military officials say.
Plumes of smoke rises over the city of Khartoum, as conflict between the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army continues, as filmed from Omdurman, Sudan, April 21, 2023, in this screengrab obtained from a video by Reuters.Under pitch black conditions and amid fighting, U.S. military forces swooped into war-torn Sudan in two Chinook helicopters andthe American embassy in a "fast and clean" operation, military officials said late Saturday evening.
Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Sims, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described evacuation operation as being "fast and clean." "The widespread fighting has caused significant numbers of civilian deaths and injuries and damage to essential infrastructure and posed an unacceptable risk to our Embassy personnel," Blinken said in a statement.its travel advisory for Sudan to reflect that the U.S. embassy in Khartoum had suspended operations. The department's advisory for Sudan remains at its highest warning level -- where it has been since August of 2021.
"Today, Sunday, the Rapid Support Forces, in coordination with the US forces mission consisting of 6 planes for the purpose of evacuating diplomats and their families, supervised the necessary arrangements that preceded the evacuation process," the statement read."That was not the case. They cooperated to the extent that they did not fire on our service members in the course of the operation," he said.
"We've deployed some forces into theater to ensure that we provide as many options as possible if we are called on to do something," he said during a news conference in Ramstein, Germany. Despite a 72-hour ceasefire agreed upon to coincide with the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, deadly clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group continued through the weekend.In a statement on Friday, Blinken urged both sides to uphold the truce.
The U.S. Embassy in Sudan reiterated this saying, "Due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and closure of the airport, it is not currently safe to undertake a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of private U.S. citizens," in a statement Saturday.
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