Staff members of the US embassy in Sudan left safely.

 President Joe Biden said late Saturday night that the American troops had successfully concluded the evacuation of the American embassy in the conflict-torn Sudan.

Biden reaffirmed that the administration would continue to support Americans in Sudan and that he had ordered the departure of U.S. government personnel from Khartoum.

"I am proud of the tremendous dedication of our Embassy workers, who carried out their responsibilities with bravery and professionalism and personified America's friendship and connection with the Sudanese people. I am appreciative of our service members' superior expertise in bringing them to safety.

Additionally, I want to congratulate Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti since they were essential to the success of our operation, he added in a statement. Additionally, Biden stated that although the embassy was temporarily shut down, "our commitment to the Sudanese people and the future they see for themselves is unwavering." Operations at the embassy in Khartoum have been suspended, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, because of the rising security risk and to protect the personnel. "The extensive combat has resulted in severe civilian casualties, infrastructural damage, and a risk to our Embassy staff that is intolerable. I commend the expertise and professionalism of our team on the ground, American military forces, and other government officials who carried out their duties in a.

In response to Blinken's statement, the State Department revised its travel advice for Sudan to reflect the closure of the American embassy in Khartoum. Since August 2021, the department's alert for Sudan has been at its highest warning level. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin acknowledged that Biden's instructions were followed when the evacuation operation was successful. He also mentioned the nations that contributed to the operation.

Austin added in a statement that "we also appreciate our allies and partners, especially Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Saudi Arabia, which were vital to the success of this operation."

In a statement, the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary force fighting the Sudanese army, claimed to have helped with the American escape.

"Today, Sunday, the Rapid Support Forces, in coordination with the US forces mission consisting of 6 planes for the purpose of evacuating diplomats and their families, supervised the necessary arrangements that preceded the evacuation process," the statement read.

As combat continued in the city, including at its main airport, the Sudanese army announced on Saturday that evacuations of foreign diplomatic workers from the United States, United Kingdom, France, and China would start in the coming hours on military aircraft. According to the army, they will be evacuated by military transport aircraft from their armed forces.

According to the Sudanese army, the Saudi Arabian mission was previously evacuated by land to Port Sudan and then by air to Saudi Arabia. Later, a similar evacuation strategy will be established for the Jordanian mission.

The rescue mission is the product of days of preparation across the administration and comes as the violent power struggle for control of Sudan which has already claimed almost 100 lives enters its second week.

On Friday, Austin told reporters that U.S. forces had deployed to Africa to assist with a possible evacuation of U.S. embassy personnel.

"We've deployed some forces into the theatre to ensure that we provide as many options as possible if we are called on to do something," he said during a news conference in Ramstein, Germany.

Austin and other senior administration officials stressed that no final call had been made to evacuate the embassy. National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby emphasized the challenges in conducting even a limited military operation in Sudan during a press briefing on Friday, remarking that it was "not as simple as jumping in a taxicab" and that at the time, all U.S. government personnel had not yet been consolidated in a single location.

Despite a 72-hour ceasefire agreed upon to coincide with the religious holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, deadly clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group continued through the weekend. In a statement on Friday, Blinken urged both sides to uphold the truce.

"I reiterate my call on both sides to pause the fighting to allow civilians to take care of themselves and their families, to permit full and unimpeded humanitarian access, and to enable all civilians, including diplomatic personnel, to reach safety," he said.

But both sides show little interest in laying down arms, and the violence seems poised to continue. An estimated 16,000 Americans are still in Sudan, but despite the ongoing danger, the Biden administration has repeatedly declared they should not expect a government-led mass evacuation.

"It is not our standard procedure to evacuate American citizens living abroad," White House Press Secretary Karinne Jean-Pierre said during a White House press briefing on Friday.

The U.S. Embassy in Sudan reiterated this saying, "Due to the uncertain security situation in Khartoum and closure of the airport, it is not currently safe to undertake a U.S. government-coordinated evacuation of private U.S. citizens," in a statement Saturday.

Principal Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said that officials had been in touch with several hundred U.S. citizens in Sudan concerning "security measures and other precautions they can take on their own."

So far, the State Department has confirmed that one American citizen has been killed through the course of the conflict, but the limited information flow in Sudan could mean there are other victims not yet accounted for.