STORY: Jordanians evacuated from Venezuela landed early on Sunday (July 5) morning at Amman City Airport, following deadly twin earthquakes which killed thousands.

Twenty-one citizens who survived the quakes were evacuated on a Qatari plane, as part of coordinated effort with Qatari authorities, Jordan's foreign ministry said in a statement.

One Jordanian survivor described the situation as "very difficult" back in Venezuela.

The death toll from Venezuela's deadly twin quakes rose to 2,954, the Venezuelan information ministry reported on Saturday (July 4).

Rescue operations to search for survivors were still underway, Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly legislature, added.

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SHOWS: AMMAN, JORDAN (JULY 5, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING JORDANIANS EVACUATED FROM VENEZUELA LANDING AT AMMAN CITY AIRPORT, TAXIING AND ON TARMAC / SIGN ON PLANE READING (Arabic and English): "Qatar Emiri Air Force"

2. VARIOUS OF JORDANIANS EVACUATED FROM VENEZUELA GREETING OFFICIALS AND GETTING OFF PLANE

3. PEOPLE GATHERED AT AIRPORT

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) JORDANIAN CITIZEN LIVING IN VENEZUELA, MAHMOUD AL-HINDI, SAYING:

"The situation was very difficult. There are many people who died, there are many deaths."

5. JORDANIANS EVACUATED FROM VENEZUELA GETTING OFF PLANE / OFFICIALS STANDING TO WELCOME THEM

6. PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR AMBULANCE

7. INJURED JORDANIAN EVACUATED FROM VENEZUELA IN AMBULANCE

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) JORDANIAN CITIZEN LIVING IN VENEZUELA, NIDAL SAWALHA, SAYING:

"There were some problems, of course, you know, when there is a disaster like this, many problems arise. We were forced to leave because we lost everything. We lost our homes, we lost our shops and we had money that we lost all. Thank God, the most important thing is a person's health, that they make it out (alive). So we decided to leave Venezuela and return to Jordan."

9. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DEALING WITH LUGGAGE

10. JORDANIANS EVACUATED FROM VENEZUELA GETTING ON BUS

11. LUGGAGE NEAR BUS

12. PEOPLE GATHERING AT AIRPORT, NEAR PLANE, AMBULANCE AND BUS