Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, April 15

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sunday that it has demolished a Hamas tunnel on Sunday. This is the fifth tunnel destroyed in recent months.

The tunnel originated in the eastern Gaza Strip and is said to be part of a network of tunnels with its tip reaching the Nahal Oz Kibbutz on the border between Israel and Gaza, said the Israeli army in a statement issued Sunday. (Israel-Tunnel)

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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia -- The 29th Arab League (AL) Summit kicked off in Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Dhahran on Sunday, with leaders from 22 member states attending it.

The summit will focus on Palestinian-Israeli conflicts, the Syrian crisis especially after an alleged chemical attack and the U.S.-led airstrikes, Yemen's civil war, as well as fighting against terrorism. (Saudi-Arab Summit-Palestinian Issue)

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KIRKUK, Iraq -- One civilian was killed and 10 others wounded in a car bomb explosion on Sunday in the Iraqi ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a local police source said.

The incident took place in the afternoon when a booby-trapped car detonated at a car selling market in al-Khadhraa district in southwestern Kirkuk, some 250km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Najor Ali al-Obeidi from Kirkuk police told Xinhua. (Iraq-Car Bombing)

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ADEN, Yemen -- The Saudi-led Arab Coalition's Patriot system intercepted two ballistic missiles fired by the Shiite Houthi militants on the Red Sea coast city of Mocha in western Yemen on Sunday night, a military official told Xinhua.

The missile defence of the anti-Houthi coalition succeeded in destroying the two ballistic missiles fired on pro-government army bases in Mocha city, according to the military source, who declined to be named. (Yemen-Houthis-Missile) Enditem