Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Feb. 13

Iraqi security forces killed on Friday seven suicide bombers with the Islamic State (IS) militant group who tried to plot against a military base in western Iraq.

A security source told Xinhua that the Iraqi security forces deployed at the Ain al-Asad base in the town of al-Baghdadi, Anbar province, killed seven suicide bombers wearing explosive belts and trying to sneak into it. (Iraq-IS-Death)

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DAMASCUS -- At least 20 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed in strikes mounted by an international anti-terror coalition in a northern Syrian city, a monitoring group reported Friday.

The coalition airstrikes targeted the IS positions in the predominantly-Kurdish city of al-Hasakeh, more specifically in its southern countryside, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists on ground. (Syria-IS-Strike)

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CAIRO -- One police was killed and eight others injured early on Friday in an explosion targeting a patrol in capital Cairo, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The homemade bomb was planted at the crossroads of the main streets of Gisr al-Suez and Ain Shams in Cairo, the statement said, adding that police officer Mostafa Fouad Shmais died because of serious wounds. (Egypt-Explosion)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Unknown gunmen on Friday broke into a prison in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa, killing one solider and setting free seven al-Qaida inmates, a government official told Xinhua.

"The central prison in Shabwa province was attacked by a group of gunmen earlier in the day, which left one soldier killed and two others critically injured," the local government official said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Attack) Endit