King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah receives the largest evacuation yet from Sudan Previous
Amana arrives under the protection of the Saudi naval forces with 1,687 evacuees on board.
A ship carrying another batch of evacuees from Sudan arrived in Jeddah early on Wednesday as the Saudi Arabian government continues efforts to move its citizens, as well as foreign nationals, into safety. The ship transported 1,687 people from 58 nationalities from Port Sudan on east coast of Sudan on the Red Sea.
There were 46 Americans, 40 Britons, 11 Germans, 4 French, 13 Saudis, 560 Indonesians, 239 Yemenis, 198 Sudanese and 26 Turkish citizens on board the ship. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” docked at King Faisal Naval Base just before 5 a.m. Read More…