Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s bid to persuade Sudan to recognize Israel appeared to be rebuffed Tuesday, in a setback to the administration’s efforts to expand the United Arab Emirates-Israel peace deal to other Arab nations. Mr. Pompeo flew to Khartoum from Tel Aviv in what the State Department called the first direct flight between the two nations amid speculation that the strategically located African nation would join the U.A.E., which recognized Israel earlier this month in a deal brokered by the Trump administration.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 25, 2020 17:26 UTC