American diplomats and their families have been evacuated from Sudan as fighting between rival factions has intensified.

Reuters reports that the process involved half a dozen aircraft, and was “carried out in coordination with” the Rapid Support Forces. According to earlier reporting, 70 personnel were to be evacuated — though many Americans remain in Sudan.

“The State Department acknowledges that some records show 16,000 US citizens may be in Sudan, but officials consider those figures to be inflated,” CBS News reports.

New: Elements of the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Group participated in the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, sources tell me. https://t.co/yUc4dK0ZvW

— Jim LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) April 23, 2023

“Other foreign nationals began evacuating from a Red Sea port in Sudan on Saturday,” Reuters noted, adding that the urban warfare has made exiting the nation increasingly difficult, leaving many stranded in the capital city of Khartoum.

On Thursday, National Security spokesman John Kirby spoke at a White House press briefing, during which he discussed the increasingly dangerous conditions in Sudan, specifically in Khartoum.

“The focus right now is on urging both sides to stop this violence, to abide by a ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to get to people that are — that are — that need it,” Kirby said. “I mean, there’s already shortages of food; there’s concern over shortages of medicine and water. The situation is dire in Khartoum. And we continue to urge both sides now to stop this violence.”

Multiple other nations have either pulled citizens out of Sudan or are planning evacuations, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Evacuations are exceedingly challenging as both sides involved in the conflict have failed to observe ceasefire agreements reached in order to allow for safe passage.

CBS News reports that over 400 people have been killed in the conflict since April 15.

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Adriana McLamb, a former Division I volleyball player and activist for girls’ and women’s sports, hit back at U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

Rapinoe last year mocked girls’ sports, specifically girls’ volleyball, while advocating for the inclusion of biological boys and men in female sports.

“I think it’s actually kind of absurd because we do care, especially as a volleyball player,” McLamb said on Fox & Friends, rebuffing Rapinoe’s commentary. “We very much do care about your daughter’s high school volleyball team.”

The athlete-turned-coach said that the inclusion of males in girls’ and women’s sports is not only unfair, but proving to be “unsafe.” McLamb referenced high school athlete Payton McNabb, who was seriously hurt in a game when a biological male spiked the ball at her face.

“Especially in the case of Payton McNabb, who actually testified this week in North Carolina, who is severely concussed and injured by a biological man on the other side of a net,” McLamb said. “So we very much do care because this is not just about it being unfair for female athletes, but we’re getting to the point that’s unsafe.”

“I think it’s common sense,” the athlete continued. “In the sport of volleyball, [in] the position I play … the male side is an average of over six feet tall. I’m five-four. I would never be able to compete against a biological male.”

“There’s reasons why the net is higher,” she added. “There’s a difference in baseball and softball fields. And there’s a reason Title IX was fought so, so hard for 50 years ago, so we had these separate categories, so we can all play on a fair playing field.”

Rapinoe told Time magazine last year that female athletes and their parents need to suck it up over advantages biologically male transgender athletes might have over girls.

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The forward said she’s “100% supportive” of “trans inclusion” in girls’ sports, dismissing concerns about fairness while emphasizing that people “need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life.”

Rapinoe also argued that high-level sports are all about “regulation,” which the athlete apparently believes can erase trans athletes’ advantages. A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that’s not true.

“I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,” the 37-year-old said. “We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.”

Related: Megan Rapinoe Tells Girls, Parents To Suck It Up Over Trans Athletes: ‘Your Kid’s’ ‘Volleyball Team Just Isn’t That Important’