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The arrival of 247 nationals of a number of countries who were evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah

October 3, 2025

Today, 247 nationals of a number of countries in Sudan, who were evacuated earlier, arrived in the city of Jeddah, as part of the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in evacuations. And the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, stated that the first group of nationals of a number of countries in Sudan that arrived in Jeddah includes 52 people belonging to a number of nationalities, including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Russia, Ghana, Lebanon, the United States of America, and Niger. , Bangladesh, Libya, Canada, and Guinea, and were transported by ship "Jubail", in preparation for facilitating their departure to their countries. While the second group included 195 nationals of other countries of nationalities: Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, Mauritania, Sri Lanka, the United States of America, Poland, India, the United Kingdom, Austria, Indonesia, Canada, Iraq, Egypt, Australia, and Syria. transport them through the ship "Mecca", in preparation for facilitating their departure to their countries. The agency stated that the total number of those evacuated from Sudan since the start of the evacuations reached 2991 people (119 Saudi citizens, and 2872 people belonging to 80 nationalities).

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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