Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Aug. 26

TEHRAN -- One pilot was killed in Iran's F5 fighter jet crash in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Sunday, official IRNA news agency reported.

The fighter jet was a training aircraft and crashed before landing in one of the air bases near the city of Dezful, the report said. (Iran-Fighter Jet-Crash)

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DUBAI -- A United Arab Emirates (UAE) cultural and sports company announced Sunday that it will launch a driving tour from Dubai to Xi'an, capital of China's Shaanxi Province.

A team, named 1% Driver Master, consists of 15 UAE and Chinese drivers and will drive with all-terrain vehicles along the Silk Road. (UAE-China-Driving Tour)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan on Sunday announced resumption of South Sudan's oil pumping for the first time since the eruption of the civil war in December 2013.

"South Sudan's oil pumping began on Saturday for the first time since its stoppage in 2013," Sudan's Oil and Gas Minister Azhari Abdul-Ghadir told a press conference. (Sudan-South Sudan-Oil)

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GAZA -- A senior Palestinian official said in Gaza on Sunday that the Egyptian-sponsored internal Palestinian dialogue over reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel are to be resumed in Cairo this week.

Dawood Shihab, spokesman of the Islamic Jihad, said in an emailed press statement that his group received an official invitation from the Egyptian Security Intelligence Services to join the dialogue in Cairo this week. (Palestinian-Israel-Egypt) Enditem