Saudi air force carries out 6 evacuation flights from Sudan to the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia evacuated hundreds of people stranded due to violence in Sudan. (Twitter @modgovksa)
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Saudi Arabia evacuated hundreds of people stranded due to violence in Sudan. (Twitter @modgovksa)
Saudi air force carries out 6 evacuation flights from Sudan to the Kingdom
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Saudi Arabia evacuated hundreds of people stranded due to violence in Sudan. (Twitter @modgovksa)
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Updated 10 May 2023
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Saudi air force carries out 6 evacuation flights from Sudan to the Kingdom

Saudi Arabia evacuated hundreds of people stranded due to violence in Sudan. (Twitter @modgovksa)
  • Twenty-six foreign flights arrived from Sudan at the air base, transporting 2,889 people from India, Pakistan, Sudan, Indonesia, Morocco and South Korea

RIYADH: Since evacuations began, the Royal Saudi Air Force has carried out six evacuation flights from the Republic of Sudan to the Kingdom.

The number of people evacuated using the air force aircraft to King Abdullah Air Base amounts to around 530, comprising citizens from Saudi Arabia and 23 other nations, including Australia, Thailand, Sweden, Nigeria, Mali, Eritrea, the US, the UK, Pakistan and South Africa.

Twenty-six foreign flights arrived from Sudan at the air base, transporting 2,889 people from India, Pakistan, Sudan, Indonesia, Morocco and South Korea.

The evacuations are part of the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts to safeguard the citizens of ally nations who have asked for assistance and to relocate them to safe areas.