KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese Army on Wednesday said it agreed to the initiative proposed by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which includes extending the current truce for a week and naming a representative from each side to discuss the truce, according to a statement.
"As part of its initiative to deal with the country's current crisis, the IGAD offered a new proposal including extending the current truce for a week and naming a representative from each side to discuss the truce," the statement said. (Sudan-IGAD-Truce Extension)
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GAZA/JERUSALEM -- Calm was resumed in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday when Palestinian officials declared an immediate ceasefire to start before dawn in the coastal enclave, Palestinian sources told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, Palestinian medics said a man in Gaza, identified as Hashel Mubarak, 58, was killed, and five other Palestinians were injured in the intensive Israeli airstrikes overnight. (Gaza-Israel-Ceasefire)
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ANKARA -- Police detained at least 524 suspects in an extensive anti-drug trafficking operation carried out across 52 Turkish provinces, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday.
In coordination with the Financial Crimes Investigation Board and Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the police traced the financial operators of the network which composed of 598 suspects, including the managers, salesmen, dealers, and manufacturers for about a year, and nabbed 524 of them, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said at a press conference in the capital Ankara. (Türkiye-Police-Drug Suspects)
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DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi signed on Wednesday memorandums of understanding (MOUs) for "long-term and comprehensive cooperation" in various fields, Syria's state news agency SANA reported.
The MOUs cover cooperation in the fields of oil, communications, civil aviation, railways, and agriculture, among others. (Syria-Iran-Presidential Visit-Cooperation)
