The two warring forces in Sudan have agreed to a three-day ceasefire, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday afternoon.
The Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, agreed to the 72-hour ceasefire “following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours,” Blinken said, though the two sides have agreed to multiple ones over the last week and a half, all of which failed.“During this period, the United States urges the SAF and RSF to immediately and fully uphold the ceasefire,” he added.
Three U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook twin-rotor heavy-lift helicopters touched down outside the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum on Saturday evening, where special operation commandos shepherded about 100 American diplomats and their families. The military deployed additional capabilities to the region in the days before the evacuation was conducted, and they remain there looking for ways to improve safety on the 500-mile land route to Port Sudan.
“Right now, we believe that the best way for us to help facilitate people’s departure is in fact to support this land evacuation route, as well as work with allies and partners who are working on their own evacuation plans as well,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at the White House briefing on Monday.
“DOD is at present considering actions that may include: use of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to be able to observe routes and detect threats,” said Joint Staff Operations Director Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims at Saturday night’s briefing, adding that another step could be “the employment of naval assets outside the Port of Sudan to potentially help Americans who arrive at the port.
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