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Area7208
Population371 million (2010)
Countries Israel
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Egypt
Syria
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The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest. The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner.

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Islamic state: Rapper, lyricist Jinn, is arrested by the police in Spain

Nov 28,2023 5:31 pm

Spain's National Police released video of Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary's arrest

A rapper from London, traveled to connect to Syria, the Islamic state group was arrested in Spain.

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 28, who performed as lyricist Jinn, traveled to the Middle East in 2013.

the Spanish police has a video of the arrest, branding Abdel Bary "one of Europe' s Most Wanted Daesh foreign terrorist fighters. "

He was arrested, along with two Other Men found in a rented apartment in Almeria, police Said .

All three men had adapted themselves to the COVID-19 emergency in Spain, according to the entry in the country illegally, according to police.

The Men went out rarely, and the face wearing masks, if they did, the officers added.

In 2014, Abdel Bary ' s to conspire father in the United States , to kill, in 1998 Al-Qaeda bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

In a statement, Said the detainee had spent several years in the Syrian-Iraqi conflict-zone.

The others arrested, to identify the is still, Said the police.



islamic state group, syria, al-qaeda, egypt

Source of news: bbc.com

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