The Defense Department has no immediate plans to mount a mass airlift in Sudan to rescue thousands of Americans left behind after the U.S. shuttered its embassy amid fighting between warring factions that have left the country in chaos.
The Pentagon on Saturday successfully evacuated about 100 diplomats and staffers from the U.S. embassy in Khartoum in a daring nighttime helicopter raid using dozens of special operations troops. But any Americans still remaining in Sudan will be expected to make their own way to safety, the Pentagon and White House said, with U.S. officials offering what support they can.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. will continue to help Americans in Sudan plan for their own safety and provide regular updates about the situation in the area. While the U.S. government has ruled out a broad rescue operation, allies such as Italy and Germany have sent military transport aircraft there to ferry hundreds of their citizens to safety, a far smaller operation than the one faced in Washington
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