Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Dec. 6

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TEHRAN -- At least two people were killed and 28 others were injured in an attack in the southeast Iran city of Chabahar on Thursday morning, official IRNA news agency said.

The injured people have been transferred to Chabahar hospitals, Mohammad Reza Naseh, a local medical emergency official, was quoted as saying. (Iran-Terrorist attack-Chabahar)

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CAIRO -- Egypt's Administrative Control Authority has detained on Thursday 20 people into suspected human trafficking, official news MENA agency reported.

The country's anti-corruption body has found a group of twenty persons was made of Egyptian, Arab and European nationalities, the report said. (Egypt-Trafficking-20 arrested)

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JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that a second tunnel built by Lebanon's Hezbollah has been discovered near the Israeli border village of Zarit.

Jonathan Conricus, head of the IDF's International Media Branch, told reporters during a phone briefing that the discovery came two days after the Israeli military began an operation against purported Hezbollah tunnels running under its northern border. (Israel-Lebanon-Hezbollah Tunnel)

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TRIPOLI -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday said 193 Nigerian illegal immigrants were voluntarily deported back to their country.

"Today, with the support of the European Union Trust Fund, 193 migrants returned home safely to Nigeria," IOM said in a statement. (Libya-Nigeria-Illegal Immigrants) Enditem

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