JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Clutching overstuffed suitcases, bleary-eyed civilians described a harrowing escape from violence-wracked Sudan across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, sobbing at memories of air strikes and urban combat. Wheelchair-bound elderly women and babies asleep in their parent's arms were among n
Late Monday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Burhan and Daglo had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire.
All told, 356 people have been evacuated to the kingdom from Sudan so far - 101 Saudis and 255 foreigners from more than 20 countries, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Staring into the camera, a Saudi man waved the green, sword-emblazoned Saudi flag in one hand and his green passport in another, declaring"This is the strongest passport in the world".
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