U.S. Congress Passes Sudan's Sovereign Immunity Bill

On Tuesday, the U.S. Congress passed the sovereign immunity bill for Sudan, according to Sputnik news agency.

According to this resolution, Sudan is granted immunity from any new judicial prosecution in the U.S. related to previous terrorist attacks.

This step came within the framework of the historic agreement recently concluded by the two countries.

However, the legislation includes an exemption allowing lawsuits by the families of victims of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States already underway in U.S. courts to move forward.

Earlier this month, the US embassy in Khartoum announced that  Sudan had been removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

This move less than two months after the Arab nation pledged to normalize ties with Israel.

As part of a deal, Sudan agreed to pay $335 million to compensate survivors and victims' families from the twin 1998 al-Qaeda attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and a 2000 attack by the jihadist group on the USS Cole off Yemen's coast.