ADEN, Yemen, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 177 Yemeni citizens who were stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict there safely returned to Aden in southern Yemen on Thursday, a government official said.

Abdullah Qaed Karaoun, the director of security at Aden International Airport, said they arrived at the airport aboard a Yemeni Airlines flight from Port Sudan. The returnees, comprising elderly individuals, women, and children, received a warm welcome at the airport and were provided with financial assistance from the Yemeni government and a local businessman.

Karaoun stated that the flight marked the final evacuation of Yemeni nationals from Sudan, following last year's repatriation efforts aimed at bringing back those caught in the Sudanese conflict.

Hundreds of Yemeni families have fled to neighboring countries, such as Sudan, to seek refuge from the violence that erupted in their homeland in late 2014. However, their hopes for a peaceful haven were shattered when war broke out in Sudan in mid-April 2023, leaving them once again in a precarious situation.