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Terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities

Doreen Oport, who was injured in the attack on the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998, stands outside the US Supreme Court after oral arguments in Washington, Feb. 24, 2020.

The State Dept. is nearing a deal over 1998 terrorism victims. But can Sudan pay it?

The deal, if passed by Congress, could put the country one step closer to removing the State Sponsors of Terrorism designation, which Sudanese officials see as a key obstacle in emerging from decades of economic isolation.

A view of damage after a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli on April 13, 2015.

Violence in Tripoli is a reminder of the 2012 attack in Benghazi

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