Beirut - MENA
Lebanese President Michael Suleiman paid a visit on Thursday to the Iranian Embassy in Beirut to offer condolences after two bloody blasts that targeted the premises and left 25 dead and 147 wounded. An al-Qaeda cell, the Abdullah Azzam brigade, claimed responsibility for the attack, which damaged six buildings in the embassy compound, and surrounding vehicles and buildings. British official condoles Sisi over Sinai suicide attack victims CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - British National Security Adviser Kim Darroch offered on Thursday his condolences to Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over the victims of the Wednesday suicide blast in Sinai, according to a statement by the British Embassy here. Britain condemns all forms of terrorism, Darroch said. A booby-trapped car exploded in Arish near an army bus carrying soldiers returning from their vacation, killing 11 soldiers and wounding 37.