.This comes amidst an elusive ceasefire, after a week of talks in Jaddah Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
where the two sides agreed to sign a short-term ceasefire to create room for further talks.
"The two sides are quite far apart," a senior US State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Rooters news agency. "Negotiators working with Saudi and US mediators set a goal of reaching a ceasefire deal in up to 10 days," the official added.
On Thursday, festivities were reported in the Khartoum within Halfaya and Omdurman at the outskirts of the Capital where residents reported hearing warplanes fly above the city.
However,
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neither of the sides has publicly shown signs of agreeing to de-escalate the tension and end the conflict that has been ongoing since last month, threatening to plunge the country into a civil war.
Previous ceasefires have been violated leaving civilians caught in between crossfires and navigating terrifying landscape of firefights and aerial bombardments amidst dwindling food, water and medical supplies and power outages.
According to the senior US Department official, the latest declaration by the two parties in the conflict to extend the ceasefire seek to improve the flow of humanitarian relief and enable the restoration of water and electricity services.