{"id":193791,"date":"2025-03-17T19:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/sudan\/sudan-middle-eastern-monarchies-in-sudans-war-whats-driving-their-interests\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:20:56","slug":"sudan-middle-eastern-monarchies-in-sudans-war-whats-driving-their-interests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/north-africa\/sudan\/sudan-middle-eastern-monarchies-in-sudans-war-whats-driving-their-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: Middle Eastern Monarchies in Sudan&#8217;s War &#8211; What&#8217;s Driving Their Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"71\">The civil war in Sudan that began in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/global-conflict-tracker\/conflict\/power-struggle-sudan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2023<\/a> involves several external actors. The conflict pits the Sudanese Armed Forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a quest for political and economic power. The situation has created one of the world&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/2\/11\/sudan-scene-of-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis-african-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst humanitarian crises<\/a>. Various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/conflict-sudan-map-regional-and-international-actors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreign states<\/a> have picked a side to support. They include Chad, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"43\">In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/20\/this-is-how-saudi-arabia-and-the-gulf-states-could-end-war-in-sudan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/07\/2025\/sudan-launches-case-against-uae-at-the-international-court-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the UAE<\/a> are providing&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202503170001.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 North Africa <a title=\"Sudan\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/north-africa\/sudan\/\">Sudan<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The civil war in Sudan that began in April 2023 involves several external actors. The conflict pits the Sudanese Armed Forces against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a quest for political and economic power. The situation has created one of the world&#8217;s worst humanitarian crises. Various foreign states have picked a side to support. 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