Houthi Drones Spark Fires at Two Saudi Oil Facilities Kuwait Condemns Attacks • 6 UAE Troops Killed in ‘Military Collision’; Amir Sends Condolences
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MOHARRAM 16, 1441 AH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 Max 44º 28 Pages Min 26º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17932 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Foreign leaders, supporters ‘My quest’: Priyanka Chopra Madrid hang on for win Liverpool stretch lead; Chelsea, 621bid farewell to Mugabe brings Bollywood to Toronto 27 after Benzema brilliance 28 Tottenham hit form; Utd win Houthi drones spark fires at two Saudi oil facilities Kuwait condemns attacks • 6 UAE troops killed in ‘military collision’; Amir sends condolences RIYADH: Drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities yesterday, Amir thanks all well-wishers the interior ministry said, the latest such assault claimed by Yemeni rebels follow- ing a spike in regional tensions with Iran. Huge palls of smoke rose into the sky after the pre-dawn attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais, two major Aramco facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia as the state-owned giant prepares for a much-anticipated stock listing. The attacks highlight how the increas- ingly advanced weaponry of the Iran- linked Houthi rebels - from ballistic mis- siles to unmanned drones - poses a seri- ous threat to oil installations in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter. “At 4:00 am (0100 GMT) the industrial security teams of Aramco started dealing HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets well-wishers after with fires at two of its facilities in Abqaiq undergoing successful checkups in the US. — KUNA and Khurais as a result of... drones,” the interior ministry said in a statement car- ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia: Smoke billows from an Aramco oil facility about 60 km southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia’s eastern province yesterday. — AFP KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- ried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister “The two fires have been controlled.” expressed gratitude to HH the Crown Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The statement added that an investi- expressed Kuwait’s strong condemna- oil production and exports had been Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber The Amir also thanked Chairman of gation had been launched after the attack tion of the attacks. The source con- affected. One source said 5 million bar- Al-Sabah after conducting medical exami- Kuwait’s Supreme Judicial Council and in the kingdom’s Eastern Province, but demned in the strongest terms the sabo- rels per day of crude production had nations. HH the Amir left a US hospital on Cassation Court and President of the did not specify whether operations at the tage attack that targeted the security been impacted - close to half the king- Thursday evening after undergoing suc- Constitutional Court Justice Yousef Jassem Al- two facilities had been affected. Interior and stability of Saudi Arabia and the dom’s output - but did not elaborate. “A cessful checkups. Thankfully, the checkups Mutawaa and First Deputy Prime Minister and ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki global energy supply. The source con- successful attack on Abqaiq would be showed reassuring results, Minister of the Defense Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- told AFP there were no casualties. But the firmed Kuwait’s call on the international akin to a massive heart attack for the oil Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah, in addition to ministers and full extent of the damage was not imme- community to redouble efforts to curb market and global economy,” said Bob Sabah said, praying to God to keep HH the members of the National Assembly and all cit- diately clear as reporters were not such attacks and prevent their recur- McNally, who runs Rapidan Energy Amir in good health. izens and residents of Kuwait and those in allowed near the plants where Saudi rence. It also stressed Kuwait’s full sup- Group and served in the US National HH the Amir also thanked National charge of various media. HH the Amir authorities appeared to have beefed up port to Saudi Arabia in all measures it Security Council during the second Gulf Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, expressed his sincere gratitude to Arab lead- security. has taken to preserve its security and War in 2003. Chief of the Kuwait National Guard HH ers as well as various political figures from dif- The latest strikes drew swift condem- territorial integrity. The source conclud- Many Western employees of Aramco Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Deputy ferent countries. He asked the Almighty to nation from Riyadh’s Gulf allies, the ed the statement by asking Allah live in Abqaiq. The US Embassy in Riyadh Commander of the National Guard Sheikh grant everyone good health and for Kuwait to United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Almighty to preserve Saudi Arabia and said it was unaware of any injuries to Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH sustain security and prosperity. —KUNA Kuwait. An official source at the Kuwaiti its brotherly people from all harm. Americans from the attacks. ministry of foreign affairs yesterday Three sources close to the matter said Continued on Page 24 News in brief terror attacks by Al-Qaeda, and a week after Trump’s million bounty on his head Trump confirms surprise announcement that a planned secret meeting in Feb 2019. The State with Taleban leaders at the Camp David presidential Department said Hamza MoH responds to NDMA reports retreat had fallen through. “Hamza bin Laden, the high- was married to a daughter death of Qaeda heir ranking Al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin of Abdullah Ahmed KUWAIT: Responding to FDA and EMA warnings Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism Abdullah, a senior Al- that some ranitidine antacid and antihistamine Hamza bin Laden operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region,” Trump Qaeda leader indicted by a drugs, including Zantac, include the carcinogenic said in a brief statement issued by the White House. US federal grand jury in “The loss of Hamza bin Laden not only deprives Al- 1998 for his role in the impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), the WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yester- Hamza bin Laden health ministry’s assistant undersecretary for food day confirmed that Hamza bin Laden, the son and des- Qaeda of important leadership skills and the symbolic bombings that year of US and medical control Dr Abdullah Al-Bader said ignated heir of Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, connection to his father, but undermines important embassies in Tanzania and special preventive measures will be taken including was killed in a counter-terrorism operation in the operational activities of the group.” The statement did Kenya - attacks overseen by the senior bin Laden. withdrawing samples of these medications for fur- Afghanistan-Pakistan region. US media reported more not specify the timing of the operation, or how his Sometimes dubbed the “crown prince of jihad”, ther analysis in collaboration with international than a month ago, citing intelligence officials, that the death had been confirmed. Considerable uncertainty Hamza had issued calls for attacks on the United States organizations until a final decision is made. But younger bin Laden had been killed sometime in the last surrounded the details, with the White House only and other countries, especially to avenge his father’s Bader stressed that no international organization two years in an operation that involved the United vaguely specifying the location of bin Laden’s long- killing by US forces in Pakistan in May 2011, the had so far requested withdrawing the medicines States. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said last rumored death. department said. That work made him important in from markets around the world. — A Saleh month that it was “his understanding” that bin Laden The 15th of Osama bin Laden’s 20 children and a son attracting a new generation of followers to the extrem- was dead. of his third wife, Hamza - thought to be about 30 years ist group that carried out the Sept 11 attacks, which left But Trump had not publicly confirmed the news until old - was “emerging as a leader in the Al-Qaeda fran- nearly 3,000 dead. yesterday - three days after the anniversary of the 9/11 chise,” the State Department said in announcing a $1 Continued on Page 24 Two Haftar commanders killed TRIPOLI: Two commanders of the eastern Libyan said the deal reached between two government- The sanctions, he added, “have not been able to forces trying to take the capital Tripoli from the Iran inks $440m owned firms, Pars Oil and Gas Company and stop the progress of Iranian oil industry and its devel- internationally-recognized government were killed PetroPars, to develop the Belal field would be the first opment”. “We don’t want to boast, but the United late on Friday in a drone strike, officials said. The deal to develop of many. States cannot stop Iranian oil exports.” The Belal gas strike is a blow to Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based Tensions have soared in the Gulf since last year field, shared with Qatar, is located 90 km south of Libya National Army (LNA). Two Tarhouna-based when the US began reimposing sanctions on Iran after Lavan island in the Gulf. The deal aims to reach a pro- commanders - Mohsen Al-Kani, head of the Kaniyat Gulf gas field unilaterally withdrawing from a 2015 deal that put duction rate of 500 million cubic feet of gas per day armed group, and Abdelwahab Al-Magri, head of curbs on its nuclear program. “Signing this contract is over a 34-month period. Zanganeh said Iran will adopt the 9th brigade - died in the strike.