Dozens of Saudis and nationals of other countries arrived by sea in the city of Jeddah , in the first announced evacuation of civilians from Sudan since the outbreak of battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces a week ago, according to the Saudi official media, Saturday.

Al-Ikhbariya channel reported, "The arrival of the first evacuation ship from Sudan, which includes 50 citizens and a number of nationals of sister countries."

And she explained that four other ships "coming from Sudan to Jeddah with 108 people from 11 countries on board," without additional details.

The channel showed a video showing a warship upon its arrival at the port.

And the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced earlier, Saturday, "the start of arranging the evacuation of Saudi citizens and a number of nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from the Republic of Sudan to the Kingdom."

Since April 15, Sudan has been witnessing clashes between the army, led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Lieutenant General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, known as "Hamidti", which resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries.

On Saturday morning, the sounds of gunfire and explosions were heard again in Khartoum, after a decrease in the intensity of the fighting on Friday night, following the declaration of a temporary truce between the two fighting parties.

The operation carried out by Saudi Arabia is the first announced evacuation of civilians from Sudan since the outbreak of the clashes, noting that the Sudanese army announced on the 20th of this month the evacuation of 177 Egyptian soldiers who were present in the northern city of Meroe.

Earlier Saturday, the Rapid Support Forces had expressed their willingness to open "all airports" in Sudan for the evacuation of foreigners, although it is not possible to know which airports are controlled by these forces.

For his part, Al-Burhan affirmed, in a statement to the army, his approval of "the request of a number of countries to facilitate and ensure the evacuation of their nationals and diplomatic missions from the country," and to "provide the necessary assistance to secure this."

"It is expected that the process of evacuating all missions whose countries request this will begin in the coming hours," the statement stated.

He added that the United States, Britain, France and China will evacuate their diplomats and nationals by air "with military transport planes from Khartoum, and it is expected to start immediately."