DAMASCUS -- Four members of Syria's Internal Security Forces were killed, and a fifth was wounded Sunday evening when gunmen opened fire on their patrol in the city of Maarat al-Numan in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, according to official media and a war monitor.

The state-run SANA news agency said in a brief report that the shooting targeted Internal Security Forces in Maarat al-Numan, leaving four dead and one wounded, without providing further details. (Syria-Shooting-Security Forces)

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KHARTOUM -- At least eight people were killed and 17 others injured on Sunday in a drone attack targeting a military hospital in the city of Dilling, South Kordofan State, according to a medical source and eyewitnesses.

A doctor at the hospital, who requested anonymity, told Xinhua that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a drone that fired two missiles at the Medical Corps Hospital. (Sudan-Drone Attack-Casualties)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation, particularly in energy, oil, trade, investment and political affairs.

The agreement was reached during a meeting between Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and a high-level South Sudanese delegation led by Tut Gatluak, presidential adviser on national security, who delivered a written message from South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit on enhancing bilateral ties. (Sudan-South Sudan-Cooperation)

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RABAT -- Heavy rainfall and flash floods have killed at least 14 people and injured 32 others in Morocco's Atlantic coastal Province of Safi, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.

The floods were triggered by intense thunderstorms that struck the province within the span of about one hour, inundating dozens of homes and businesses, the statement said. (Morocco-Floods-Death Toll) Enditem