A boat with more than 1,500 civilians from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in Sudan arrived in Saudi Arabia, the largest rescue effort by the Gulf kingdom to date
Saudi Arabia has received several rounds of evacuees by air and sea, starting with boats that arrived in Jeddah.
The group was "transported by one of the Kingdom's ships, and the Kingdom was keen to provide all the basic needs of foreign nationals in preparation for their departure," the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. All told, 2,148 people have been evacuated to the kingdom from Sudan so far, including more than 2,000 foreigners, the statement said.
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