Iran dispatches warships to Sudan after Israeli airstrike on missile base

Damien McElroy
telegraph.co.uk
October 30, 2012

Sudanese state media said that a docking ceremony was staged in Port Sudan to receive the convoy led by an Iranian naval frigate and corvette warship.

Commanders of the Iranian flotilla reportedly met Sudanese navy chiefs as a gesture of “peace and friendship”.

But Israel sees the increasingly close military links between Iran and Sudan as a credible threat. It fears Iran is building missiles to supply Hizbollah and the Syrian regime.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 4:56 am

Tags: foreign affairs, technology, war

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