Troops and allied Popular Resistance fighters had advanced towards Rahida, the province's second-largest city.
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.
The Yemeni army earlier said Al Qaeda had launched the attacks on army positions near the town of Shibam, and that 12 soldiers and 19 militants were killed.
1500 new policemen join duties; officers were trained by Emirati forces who were present in the city to help the local security.
The attack began with a suicide bomber detonating an explosive in his car at the military post, between the towns of Shibam and Al Qatn.