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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Evacuates More than 2,900 People of 80 Nationalities from Sudan

In continuation of the evacuation efforts exerted by Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom’s Leadership, more than 190 evacuees arrived in Jeddah Friday Sudan.

The new arrivals are from Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, USA, Poland, India, UK, Austria, Indonesia, Canada, Iraq, Egypt, Australia and Syria.

They were transported through H M S Makkah, where the Kingdom has worked to provide all the necessary needs in preparation for facilitating their departure to their countries.

According to SPA, this brings the total number of evacuees from Sudan since the evacuations began to approximately 2,991 persons; of which 119 are Saudi citizens and 2872 are from 80 nationalities.

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