Thousands of Americans still trying to escape Sudan after embassy staff evacuated

For more than a week, Khartoum, Sudan's capital city, has been the site of urban warfare — with gunshots ringing out in the city center and fighter jets thundering across apartment blocks.

A weekend ceasefire had been agreed upon, but with no guarantee it would hold, U.S. special forces executed a dangerous operation to evacuate Americans.

Troops, including the Navy's SEAL Team 6, departed on Saturday from Camp Lemonnier, the American military base in Djibouti. After refueling in Ethiopia, they landed late at night in Sudan's capital.