Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 8


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TEHRAN -- Two policemen and four "terrorists" were killed on Saturday in an armed "terrorist attack" on a police station in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

The armed "terrorists" tried to enter a police station in the city of Zahedan on Saturday morning by pretending to be regular clients, but were denied entry by a policeman guarding the station's entrance, which resulted in clashes between the two sides, Tasnim quoted the province's Police Commander Doostali Jalilian as saying. (Iran-Armed Attack-Casualty)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister said Saturday that his country and Sudan have agreed to resume bilateral relations in the near future.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf held after their talks in the Iranian capital Tehran earlier in the day, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported. (Iran-Sudan-Resume Ties)

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KHARTOUM -- At least 22 people were killed on Saturday in an air strike in Sudan's Omdurman city, according to Khartoum State's Health Ministry.

"The air strike in Dar al-Salam al-Amriya area, west of Omdurman, at dawn today (Saturday) killed 22 citizens and left a large number of others wounded," the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. (Sudan-Airstrike-Casualty)

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ADEN, Yemen -- At least two soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed in a drone attack carried out by the Houthi rebels in the country's southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday, a security official said.

The local security official who asked to remain anonymous said that "Houthi militia launched a drone strike on the national military site on the western front of Taiz, catching the soldiers off guard." (Yemen-Houthi Drone Attack-Casualty)

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