May 31 Middle East news summary at 2400 GMT

TEHRAN — The Iranian legislators picked Ali Larijani as the speaker of new Majlis (parliament) on Tuesday.

Out of 276 votes, Larijani was elected with 237 votes as the speaker for one year. (Iran-Election-Speaker)
– – – –
CAIRO — Vice President of China’s Xinhua News Agency Long Xinnan said here Tuesday Xinhua is willing to step up cooperation with Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) so as to boost bilateral strategic partnership between the two countries. (Egypt-Xinhua-SIS)
– – – –
TIKRIT, Iraq — At least four people were killed and 11 others wounded on Tuesday in two suicide bomb attacks targeting government-backed paramilitary Shiite unit in Iraq’s Salahudin province, a provincial security source told Xinhua. (Iraq-Bomb-Attack)
– – – –
ARISH, Egypt — At least six Egyptian soldiers were killed and six others wounded Tuesday as two improvised explosive devices targeted their two armored vehicles on a highway in restive North Sinai, a security source in the peninsula told Xinhua. (Egypt-Sinai-Blast) Enditem

Source: Xinhua/NewsGhana.com.gh