International Efforts to Assist Americans Fleeing Sudan Conflict

The US State Department is planning to send a consular "fly away" team to the Port of Sudan to help evacuate Americans amid the growing conflict in the country. The team would perform similar duties to consular officers sent to Afghanistan in 2021 during the evacuation of Kabul. The Biden administration has authorized the use of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets to assure the safety of evacuating convoys. The Pentagon is looking at options to move the team by ship or by air, and the US government is currently looking at the fastest and safest way to get the consular team to the port.