DAMASCUS -- Syria said Israel launched missile attacks on the Damascus and Aleppo airports early on Sunday, leaving one civilian worker at the Damascus airport dead and another severely injured.
The two airports halted operations due to the attacks' "significant" damage to the runways, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday night. (Syria-Israeli Strikes-Airport Casualties)
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CAIRO -- A number of Egyptian soldiers were slightly injured on Sunday by fragments of an Israeli tank shell that accidentally hit an Egyptian army watchtower along the border, according to a statement from the Egyptian army.
The statement added that the incident took place amid heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist group, in Gaza. (Egypt-Israel-Tank Hit)
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TEHRAN -- One person was killed and four others were injured on Sunday in a blast at a power plant near the Iranian capital Tehran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
The explosion occurred at a pipeline transferring gas to turbines at the Parand power plant in Robat Karim County, about 50 kilometers southwest of Tehran, due to the "staffers' negligence," county governor Omid Ahmadi was quoted as saying. (Iran-Power Plant-Blast)
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KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said Sunday it will resume peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Thursday.
"We received an invitation to go to Jeddah to resume the negotiations," Shams-Eddin Kabashi, deputy commander of the SAF, said in a speech to army officers at Wadi Seidna military base in Omdurman. "Our delegation will go to Jeddah and begin negotiations on coming Thursday." (Sudan-Peace Talks-Jeddah) ■
