US aids in evacuating Americans from Sudan amidst fighting.
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The US is remotely assisting Americans trying to flee Sudan by road after evacuating all of its diplomatic personnel over the weekend due to fighting between armed factions loyal to two rival commanders. The US is placing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets over the route from Khartoum to the Port of Sudan to scope out safety threats. The US is not considering troops to extract American citizens from warzones. The State Department has been cautioning Americans in Sudan to leave the country for years. The US is working with neighboring countries to get Americans safely over the border.
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- First U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan on Evacuations: 'Went off without a hitch' MSNBC
- U.S. facilitating land evacuation of private citizens in Sudan POLITICO
- U.S. working to get more Americans out of Sudan CBS Evening News
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