Shafaq News/ Two Iraqi evacuation planes touched down at the Baghdad International Airport on Thursday, concluding an emergency mission to bring home Iraqi citizens from war-stricken Sudan.

Ahmed Al-Sahaf, a spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs, told Shafaq News Agency that the mission was a success and "the two evacuation planes from Sudan have arrived in Baghdad."

Earlier today, the Iraqi airforce Thursday launched a repatriation operation to transport Iraqi nationals and members of the Iraqi community residing in Sudan back to their home country.

In a succinct statement, the ministry of defense said that a C-130 transport aircraft was deployed in the operation.

A press release by al-Sahhaf said that two aircraft had been deployed to evacuate Iraqi nationals from Port Sudan to Baghdad.

The flights transported 234 passengers, including 16 individuals of Syrian nationality, he said.