The US military evacuated embassy officials from the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on Saturday as nations moved to extract their citizens after a week of battles.
Late on Saturday, the White House said it was temporarily suspending operations at its embassy in Sudan and had conducted an operation to remove US government personnel from Khartoum.
“This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians,” said US president Joe Biden. “It’s unconscionable and it must stop.” Roughly 100 special forces personnel were involved in the mission, according to US officials, evacuating nearly 100 embassy staff.
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