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Saudi Rescues Foreign Citizens; Elation & Fear for Those Left Behind
Evacuees from Sudan’s civil conflict have told of their relief and their fears for those left behind as they arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday, as part of a Saudi rescue of 1,700 people.
A ship from the Port of Sudan arrived in the kingdom carrying people of 50 nationalities to safety.
The vast majority of those fleeing the conflict were foreigners. The evacuation was one of the largest from Sudan so far, as governments around the world step up efforts to save their stranded citizens.
The latest rescue takes the total brought to Saudi Arabia above 2,000.
