Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, Nov. 24

CAIRO -- The death toll in an attack on Friday on a mosque in Egypt's North Sinai province rose to 235, Egypt's state TV reported.

At least 109 others were wounded when suspected militants attacked the mosque, the report said. Earlier report said at least 115 people were killed in the attack. (Egypt-Attack)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed on Friday a "fierce action" will be carried out in response to a mosque's attack in North Sinai province that left at least 235 killed, state-run TV reported.

"The army and police will avenge our martyrs and return security and stability with force in the coming short period," he said in a televised speech. (Egypt-Mosque Attack-Sisi)

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ALGIERS -- The Algerian ruling party of the National Liberation Front (FLN) has won the double ballot of the re-election of representatives at the municipal (APC) and prefect (APW) assemblies, according to preliminary results announced by Interior Minister Nouredine Bedoui on Friday.

FLN snatched the top position by winning a majority in 603 APCs, or 30.56 percent of the existing 1,451 municipalities nationwide, and won 711 seats at prefect assemblies, the equivalent of 35.48 percent of the exiting 48 APWs nationwide, Bedoui told a press conference. (Algeria-Elections)

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BEIRUT -- The United Nations named Danish diplomat Pernille Dahler Kardel as the new UN special coordinator for Lebanon, replacing Sigrid Kaag, who left last month after serving a two-and-a-half-year term, the UN said in a statement.

According to the statement, Kardel, a veteran diplomat, has 25 years of experience in foreign service, having been posted as the Danish Ambassador to Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan and Djibouti. (UN-Lebanon) Enditem