Ferocious battles between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group have killed more than 400 people and left thousands wounded.
KHARTOUM - US troops swooped in on helicopters to evacuate embassy staff from Sudan's battle-torn capital, President Joe Biden said on Sunday, as other nations sought to help their citizens flee deadly fighting between rival generals.
Just over 100 US special operations troops took part in the rescue to extract fewer than 100 people, which saw three Chinook helicopters fly from Djibouti, staying on the ground in Khartoum for less than an hour. US Under Secretary of State John Bass said that the RSF "cooperated to the extent that they did not fire on our service members", warning any wider effort to evacuate thousands of other American citizens was unlikely in the coming days.
"Pushing for safe passages to evacuate internationals without simultaneously pushing to end the war will be terrible", said researcher Hamid Khalafallah.
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