Sudan welcomes US, Russian navy ships amid strategic competition - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Mar 2, 2021

This combination of pictures created and taken on March 1, 2021, shows the Russian navy frigate Admiral Grigorovich (L) and the US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (R), both anchoring in Port Sudan. — AFP via Getty Images

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This picture taken on March 1, 2021, shows a view of the Russian Navy frigate RFS Admiral Grigorovich (494), anchored in Port Sudan.

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Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military