US-Protected Sudan Convoy Evacuates Citizens to Port on Red Sea
- Pentagon says US military assets providing cover for routes
- Fighting has raged in capital Khartoum despite cease-fire
People wait next to passenger buses as smoke billows in an area in Khartoum where fighting continues between Sudan's army and the paramilitary forces on April 28.
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A US-organized convoy in Sudan brought citizens fleeing fighting in Khartoum to a port on the Red Sea as part of an expanded American rescue effort after the evacuation of embassy staff from the capital.
US unmanned aircraft provided surveillance for a bus convoy carrying 200 to 300 Americans some 500 miles (800 kilometers) to Port Sudan, the Associated Press quoted US officials as saying. The Defense Department has deployed US intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to support evacuation routes, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement.