Filipinos are among the more than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, rescued from battle-scarred Sudan who arrived Saturday in Jeddah, the Saudi foreign ministry said, in the first announced evacuation of civilians since fighting began.
The evacuation was carried out by the kingdom's naval forces with the support of other branches of the army, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The foreigners included "diplomats and international officials", the ministry said without giving further details. Saudi state-run Al-Ekhbariya television released several videos of warships approaching Jeddah's port on Saturday. The broadcaster said that the evacuees were transported in a convoy of vehicles to Port Sudan from where they boarded ships to Jeddah.Earlier on Saturday, Sudan's army said its chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had received calls from leaders of several countries to "facilitate and guarantee safety for evacuating citizens and diplomatic missions".
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