Sudan Threatens Retaliation Over Alleged Israeli Air Strike -- The Guardian
Minister warns that Khartoum 'reserves the right to strike back' after blaming Israel for attack on Yarmouk arms complex
Sudan has warned that it has the right to retaliate after accusing Israel of carrying out an air strike on an arms factory, causing a huge explosion that killed two people.
Ahmed Belal Osman, the Sudanese information minister, said that bombs from four aircraft struck a complex and triggered a blast that rocked the capital, Khartoum, before dawn on Wednesday.
"Four planes coming from the east bombed the Yarmouk industrial complex," Belal told a press conference. "They used sophisticated technology … We believe that Israel is behind it."
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