News of Saturday 29 December 2018

• Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' in raids after tourist bus blast
• 1.82 tons of illicit drugs seized in S Khorasan
• Child soldiers from Sudan's Darfur fight in frontline of Saudi war on Yemen: Report
• Syrian army positions, not Iranian advisers, target of Israeli airstrike: DEBKAfile
• ‘US troops pullout to shed light on coalition's war crimes in Syria’