Day: April 23, 2023

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US, France evacuate embassy personnel amid ongoing fighting in Sudan

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. Washington also said that no mass evacuation is currently being planned. In addition, France on Sunday announced that it had begun evacuating its citizens and diplomatic staff. Sudanese meanwhile are also trying to flee the country, after a three day ceasefire agreed for Eid quickly broke down.

Source: France24.com

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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 remains difficult to know whether it was specifically targeted. Other countries are also getting ready to evacuate their citizens, though it is possible that these efforts will be delayed following this incident.

Source: France24.com

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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 and my dear colleague Ayman Safadi for hosting our ambassador and staff from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defence to monitor the situation in Sudan,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jordan provided support to facilitate the evacuation for Dutch nationals from Sudan. The Netherlands used Jordanian airports as a base for Dutch evacuation flights to bring nationals from Sudan and return to Jordanian territory

Source: Jordan News Agency

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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 on the city entrances.

Jericho is witnessing traffic crises at all its entrances as a result of the influx of thousands of Palestinians to the city, which is considered a resort and a go-to destination for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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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 Sudan who were evacuated from the war-torn country.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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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 in the direction of Kupyansk, and two reconnaissance and sabotage groups were discovered and destroyed near the residential centers of Molchanovo and Krakhmalnoye,” Yaroslav Yakimkin, officer of the press center of Battlegroup West was quoted by RT as saying.

Yakimkin added “The warplanes also managed to thwart two attempts of rotation in the same area, and the Russian artillery managed to destroy an Akatsiya howitzer.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency