By AFP KHARTOUM Iran's foreign minister made a brief stopover in Khartoum, his Sudanese counterpart said Tuesday, with ties between the two states under scrutiny after Khartoum accused Israel of bombing a military factory. Ali Akbar Salehi passed through Khartoum and met an official from Sudan's foreign ministry, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali ...

(Reuters) - Sudan turned down an Iranian offer to set up air defenses on its Red Sea coast after a 2012 air strike Khartoum blamed onIsrael, fearing they would upset Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia, Sudan's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Thursday. In an interview with the Saudi-owned al-Hayat newspaper that seemed aimed at improving frosty ...

Khartoum The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti disclosed that his government turned down several offers by Iran by which it would have installed air defense systems on the Red Sea coast. In an interview with the London-based al-Hayat newspaper published on Thursday, the minister said that this military platform "was intended to be directed against ...

[caption id="attachment_9436" align="alignright" width="300"] FILE PHOTO - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) hugs Sudans President Omer Hassan al-Bashir at Khartoum airport (Reuters)[/caption] By: Sudan Tribune The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti warned his peers at the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) that they may soon have ...