Quiet Actions And Fast US Special Forces To Extract Embassy Staff From Sudan

JAKARTA - Special Forces assigned to carry out the extraction of US Embassy staff in Sudan were formed. Operations led by US African Command and closely monitored by the State Department.

These troops spent less than an hour in Sudan during the operation process.

Troops took off from Djibouti at 9 am EST, landing in Ethiopia to refuel before heading to Khartoum.

Evacuation is carried out once through a rotary wing. The operation took place quickly and cleanly with members spending less than an hour on the pitch in Khartoum," said Lieutenant General DA Sims, operating director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

"When we talk, the refugees are safe and secure," he said.

Less than 100 people were evacuated from the US Embassy there. This includes a small number of diplomatic professionals from other countries.

The US now practically does not have the remaining US government personnel in Khartoum at this time. However, there are still large numbers of local staff supporting the embassy in temporary status.

US President Joe Biden had previously said their military had evacuated American embassy staff from Khartoum during fighting between Sudanese soldiers and a paramilitary group entering the second week after a short break.

Rapid Supporting Forces (RSF), a fully armed paramilitary group that currently challenges regular army authorities in the capital and elsewhere, tweeted hours earlier that they had "coordinated with a US Troop Mission consisting of 6 aircraft, to evacuate diplomats and their families. on Sunday morning".

Foreign countries say they are preparing the potential for the evacuation of thousands of their nationals, even though Sudan's main airport is still closed.

More than 150 people from various countries had reached Saudi Arabia's safe place the day before, in the first announcement of the evacuation of civilians.