ADEN, Yemen -- At least three soldiers of Yemen's government forces were killed in an ambush by al-Qaida gunmen in the country's southern province of Abyan on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua.

The troop fell into a shooting rampage launched by the ambushed gunmen while they were driving in patrol in the Umayran Valley of the province, the local military official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-AlQaida Attack-Casualties)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held talks on Saturday with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad who is visiting Cairo for the first time in more than a decade, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

The two ministers "discussed various aspects of bilateral relations and means of advancing and promoting them ... in addition to a number of regional and international issues of common concern," said Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid in a statement. (Egypt-Syria-FM Visit )

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JERUSALEM -- Tens of thousands of Israelis resume demonstrations in the coastal city of Tel Aviv Saturday night, calling for a complete cancelation of the government's judicial overhaul plan, according to the local media.

The Times of Israel, citing the estimation of Channel 12, reported that some 160,000 people were demonstrating in the major Israeli city. Demonstrations were also held in several other cities. (Israel-Judicial Reforms-Protests)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday inaugurated the Karbala oil refinery which was built with a production capacity of 140,000 barrels per day, according to a statement from his office.

The refinery, located in the south of Karbala City, some 110 km south of Baghdad, includes 33 operational, service, and storage units, as well as a warehouse and a station for pumping products to external depots and gas filling stations. (Iraq-Oil Refinery) Enditem

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