How Iran-Israel war reshapes Sudan’s fragile frontlines
A Chadian soldier inspects a vehicle travelling between Chad and Sudan, amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Army, at the Tine border post in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025.
As Gulf states reel from Iranian reprisals, Sudan’s three year conflict may either gain renewed international attention or slip further into neglect — a precarious balance with implications for Red Sea security and global trade routes.
Sudan’s three-year-old war may have been fuelled by some players in the Gulf. But now that those countries are facing a local crisis from attacks from Iran, it may be a blessing in disguise for Sudan or something worse.
