Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 23

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-24 06:05:37|Editor: huaxia
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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian army has captured a terrain of 36 square kilometers in the western Qalamoun region, northwest of Damascus, over the past 24 hours, state TV reported on Sunday.

The Syrian army and the Lebanese Hezbollah group have advanced in Qalamoun in Syria and in the adjacent Juroud Arsal area on the Lebanese side of the borders, since both forces unleashed an offensive on Friday to clean the border area of al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front militants. (Syria-Lebanon-Nusra Front)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian police killed on Sunday eight militants loyal to the outlawed group Muslim Brotherhood during clashes in Fayoum province, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.

Police forces raided a training camp in Fayoum, 100 km southwest of Cairo, used by the Brotherhood-linked Hasm militant group, the ministry said in a statement. (Egypt-Counterterrorism-Militants Killed)

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AMMAN -- A Jordanian was killed, another injured and a Israeli staffer at the Israeli embassy in Amman was also injured in a shooting inside the embassy on Sunday.

In a statement Sunday night, the Public Security Department of Jordan said a shooting occurred at a residential building within the compound of the Israeli embassy in Amman. (Jordan-Embassy-Dispute)

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TEHRAN -- An earthquake measuring 5.4 shook touristic Sirch village in Iran's southeastern Kerman province of Iran at 22:02 local time (1732 GMT) on Sunday, Iran Seismological Center said.

With a depth of 10 km, the earthquake's epicenter was at 30.104 degrees north latitude and 57.611 degrees east longitude. (Iran-Earthquake) Enditem

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