CAIRO -- Five people were killed on Sunday in a road accident in Benha City of Qalyubia Governorate, north of Egypt's capital Cairo, state-run Akhbar El-Yom newspaper reported.
The accident took place on Kafr Shukr-Mansoura Road in Benha when a private car, carrying a five-member family, collided with a truck, said the report. (Egypt-Road Accident-Death Toll)
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DAMASCUS -- Loud explosions jolted an arms depot near the Syrian capital of Damascus in the early hours of Sunday, a war monitor reported.
The depot belongs to the Lebanese Hezbollah group and is located 20 km southwest of Damascus in a mountainous area near the Syrian-Lebanese border, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, adding it believed the explosions were the result of "an Israeli intelligence operation." (Syria-Hezbollah-Arms Depot Explosions)
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TEHRAN -- At least one person was killed and eight others injured on Sunday in a "terrorist" attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Iran's southern Fars province, the official news agency IRNA reported.
In the evening, several staff and worshipers were caught under the gunfire of an armed assailant who attempted to break into the shrine at a main gate, IRNA reported, citing Deputy Governor of Fars Province Esmail Qezel Sofla. (Iran-Deadly Attack-Religious Site)
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SANAA -- Lightning strikes killed four people and injured four others in separate accidents in Yemen's northern provinces, local health authorities said on Sunday.
The accidents occurred on Saturday evening in the provinces of Hodeidah, Raymah, and al-Bayda. (Yemen-Lightning-Strikes)
