Thousands of American citizens were left behind and remain in the east African country.
The Sudanese Army said Saturday that it is coordinating efforts to safely evacuate all American, British, Chinese and French citizens and diplomats from Sudan amid the ongoing fighting. Murithi Mutiga with the International Crisis Group joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the battle.carried out a precarious evacuation of the American embassy in warring Sudan on Sunday, sweeping in and out of the capital, Khartoum, with helicopters on the ground for less than an hour.
Smoke rises during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in Khartoum, Sudan on April 21, 2023. About 100 U.S. troops in three MH-47 helicopters carried out the operation. They airlifted all of roughly 70 remaining American employees from a landing zone at the embassy to an undisclosed location in Ethiopia.
"This tragic violence in Sudan has already cost the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians. It’s unconscionable and it must stop," Biden said. "The belligerent parties must implement an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and respect the will of the people of Sudan."
The violence has included an unprovoked attack on an American diplomatic convoy and numerous incidents in which foreign diplomats and aid workers were killed, injured or assaulted. The embassy issued an alert earlier Saturday cautioning that "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."
Embassy evacuations conducted by the U.S. military are relatively rare and usually take place only under extreme conditions.
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