Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 10

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BAGHDAD -- Fourteen French Islamic State (IS) militants previously transferred from neighboring Syria to Iraq are currently facing trial by Iraqi courts, a local official newspaper said on Sunday.

"The 14 IS members are French nationals, some of them from Arab origin. They are currently being tried at Baghdad's al-Karkh investigation court, which is specialized in terror cases," said al-Qadaa monthly newspaper, which is issued by the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council. (Iraq-IS)

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SANAA -- At least 20 women and a child were killed on Sunday in a Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen's northwestern province of Hajjah, a local tribal source and rebel-controlled Saba news agency said.

The airstrike hit a house used by women to hide from clashes at the edge of Tallan village in Kushar district, the tribal source told Xinhua by phone on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Airstrike-Deaths)

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ALGIERS -- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday returned home after two weeks of stay in Switzerland's Geneva for "routine medical checks," confirmed a statement by the President Office.

The presidential aircraft carrying Bouteflika landed on Boufarik Military Airport, some 45 km southwest of the capital Algiers, at 5:48 p.m. local time (1648 GMT). (Algeria-President)

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BAGHDAD -- An explosive expert affiliated to the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces was killed and six paramilitary members were wounded on Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's north central province of Salahudin, a security source said.

The incident took place in the evening when a roadside bomb, apparently planted by Islamic State (IS) militants, detonated while an explosive expert was trying to defuse it near the town of Baiji, some 200 km north of Baghdad, Mohammed al-Bazi from the provincial police told Xinhua. (Iraq-Bomb Attack) Enditem

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