A firefight broke out at dawn when the group of Sudanese migrants trying to cross into Israel were stopped by border guards.
A firefight broke out at dawn when the group of Sudanese migrants trying to cross into Israel were stopped by border guards.
The king is expected to raise concerns that any stepped-up Russian raids in southern Syria along Jordan's northern border could trigger a big wave of refugees.
In the interview with China's Phoenix television, Assad said the situation in Syria had "improved in a very good way" since Russia began air strikes.
Troops and allied Popular Resistance fighters had advanced towards Rahida, the province's second-largest city.
Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian was convicted last month on charges including espionage.
Sunday's first attack saw a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who tried to stab an Israeli run over by a Jewish settler then shot dead by soldiers.
Sisi cast his ballot at a girls school in Cairo soon after voting opened at 9 am.
The militias kept shelling Tawahi port and Al Buraiqa oil refinery in which 78 people were either killed or drowned.
Russian and Syrian warplanes carried out at least 70 strikes in eastern Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 36.
42-year-old Salma describes the status of Libya, torn apart by the 2011 revolution and its aftermath.