The US announced on Saturday that it had temporarily closed its Khartoum embassy and launched a military operation to extract its personnel and their families. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meanwhile pledged to assist US civilians in the country. W…
Day: April 23, 2023
Evacuation of foreign citizens underway as fighting in Sudan continues
FRANCE 24’s Regional Correspondant Bastien Renouil reports that the French evacuation started on Sunday morning. Several French planes landed close to Khartoum and started evacuating citizens. It was attacked, leaving one French citizen injured, but it…
Netherlands thanks Jordan for Dutch nationals after fleeing Sudan
The Dutch Foreign Minister, Wupke Hoekstra, Sunday thanked the Jordanian government for taking in Dutch nationals who had been evacuated from war-torn Sudan as a stop before leaving for the Netherlands.”I am very grateful to the Jordanian government a…
Israeli forces insist on closing Jericho for second day
The Jericho authorities Sunday said the Israeli authorities had put in place flying checkpoints at the city entrances, causing clashes between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians.This is the second day since the Israeli forces imposed a lockdown o…
Lebanese evacuated from war-torn Sudan
The Lebanese government Sunday said that it had evacuated its 60 citizens from Sudan by sea amidst intense fighting.It stated that Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib followed up on the issue of Lebanese nationals in Su…
Russian warplanes destroy two Ukrainian reconnaissance groups in Kharkov
Russian warplanes destroyed two Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage groups in the direction of Kupyansk, Kharkov province.“Russian warplanes bombed the fortified strongholds of the Ukrainian forces in the residential centers of Ogurtsova and Krugloe …