JAMADA ALAWWAL 12, 1439 AH MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2018 Max 18º 32 Pages Min 05º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17443 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Amir’s responsible leadership Turkey intensifies Syria Indonesian authorities run Tearful Federer wins Australian 2 witnesses 12th anniversary 6 campaign against militia 32 ‘two-faced’ car off the road 16 Open for 20th Grand Slam title Yemen govt warns of coup as separatists take over HQ 15 killed in street clashes • Southerners want government ousted ADEN: Yemen’s government accused southern sepa- trained and backed by the United Arab Emirates had ratists of an attempted coup yesterday after they took taken over the government headquarters in Aden after over its headquarters amid fierce clashes in the city of clashes. The 15 dead included three civilians, hospital Aden. The fighting, which killed at least 15 people, sources said. Dozens were wounded. Doctors Without threw war-torn Yemen into further chaos and threat- Borders (MSF) tweeted that one of its facilities in Aden ened to undermine President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, had received 50 wounded and four dead. Saudi and who ordered his forces to stand down. Security sources Emirati troops present in Aden did not intervene, secu- and residents said clashes appeared to have spread to rity sources said. most of the city. Separatist fighters and supporters danced at an The government urged the Saudi-led military coali- intersection as truckloads of armed men drove through tion, which has been supporting Hadi against Iran- the streets. In the late afternoon, security sources said backed Houthi rebels who control much of the north, to separatists approached the presidential palace where intervene. The southern separatists - who want the several members of the government were staying, but return of an independent state that ended with Yemen’s no clashes were reported. The fighting erupted after unification in 1990 - backed Hadi’s government against separatist protesters were prevented from entering the the Houthis but tensions between them had been rising. city for a rally to demand the government’s ouster from “A coup is ongoing here in Aden against legitimacy Aden, which became its interim capital after the Houthis and the country’s unity,” Prime Minister Ahmed bin seized Sanaa in 2014. Dagher said in a statement. Shortly afterwards, it was The coalition, which launched its intervention against reported loyalist commanders had received orders from the rebels in March 2015, had urged restraint ahead of Hadi to disengage. “After talks with the Arab coalition... the planned protest. It called on all sides to “adhere to you must order all military units to cease fire immedi- the language of calm dialogue”, the Saudi state news ately,” a government statement said. Yesterday after- agency SPA said late Saturday. Universities, schools ADEN: Fighters from Yemen’s southern separatist movement gather in a street of the country’s second city dur- noon, coalition planes flew over the city. and Aden’s only international airport had all been ing clashes yesterday with forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi (seen on the hoarding). —AFP Security sources told AFP that pro-separatist units Continued on Page 11 Until yesterday, close to 20 lawmakers have said they meeting with Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled News in brief Sabeeh set to will back the minister and only around 12 have said they Al-Sabah to discuss the latest regional and international will vote against her, with as many as 17 MPs undecided developments. The committee will meet on the same day Qatar, Oman sign agreements but appear more likely to either abstain or support the with Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah survive vote of minister. The motion needs 25 votes to pass, which to discuss a draft memorandum of understanding about MUSCAT: Qatar signed a memorandum of under- appeared to have a slim chance as of yesterday. security cooperation with Iraq. He provided no details on standing with Oman on the development of bilateral MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei yesterday joined the group of the two meetings. no-confidence investment and trade yesterday, nearly eight months lawmakers who said they will support the minister, say- The Assembly’s human rights defense committee will into a crisis between the emirate and its Arab neigh- By B Izzak ing she is capable of adopting solutions to the problems. meet on Thursday with the interior minister to discuss Tabtabaei however charged that some Kuwaiti diplomat- issues related to the problems of bedoons, head of the bors. The Omani news agency ONA said the agree- KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al- ic missions abroad are involved in the problem of maids’ committee MP Adel Al-Damkhi said. He said the decision ment signed in Muscat covers a wide range of coop- Sabeeh, who on Wednesday faces a vote of no-confi- recruitment, saying he is ready to take the issue to the was taken during yesterday’s meeting of the committee eration sectors including the production and export dence in the National Assembly, appears to be in a very maximum level of questioning. and because the central agency for dealing with bedoon of food products from the sultanate to Qatar. Omani strong position to survive the motion. Ten lawmakers A number of assembly panels yesterday announced issue comes under the authority of the minister. Damkhi Agriculture Minister Fuad al-Sajwani, quoted by filed the motion last week following a grilling in which they will hold meetings this week with the ministers of said the meeting yesterday debated what he called ONA, said the memorandum reflected the “solid rela- she was blamed of failing to rectify the imbalance in the foreign affairs, interior and education to discuss regional oppression against bedoons, but could not come up with tionship” between the two countries. The head of demographic structure by stopping the influx of expatri- developments and the problem of stateless people or a fundamental solution because various government Qatar’s delegation, minister of municipalities ates into the country. She was also accused of commit- bedoons. Head of the foreign relations panel MP Hamad sides did not provide any proposals. Mohamed bin Abdullah Al-Rumaihi, for his part, ting a number of administrative and financial violations. Al-Harshani said his committee will hold tomorrow a Continued on Page 11 hailed the emirate’s “strategic relations” with Oman. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Kamprad “made The story of Ikea - Qatar emir sends condolences to UAE Kamprad, frugal home furnishing available for many people, not just the acronym for Ingvar few” while King Carl XVI Gustaf added he was a “true Kamprad, Elmtaryd and DOHA: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al- entrepreneur” who “brought Sweden out to the world”. Agunnaryd (the name of Thani sent condolences yesterday to the president of billionaire founder Born in 1926 to a farming family in Smaland, his farm and town of origin) the United Arab Emirates, whose mother has died, Kamprad, whose fortune in 2017 was estimated at - began in 1943. Backed despite the diplomatic rift between the two countries. of Ikea, dies at 91 €37.3 billion ($46 billion) according to the Swiss eco- with modest financial sup- The emir sent a cable “to HH President of the United nomic magazine Bilan, founded the company at the age port from his father, Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan STOCKHOLM: Ingvar Kamprad, the farmer’s son of 17. “He came from nowhere, but with help from his Kamprad began selling on the death of his mother, praying to Allah the turned multibillionaire who founded the Ikea empire inner force, his ability and his will, he created some- pens, picture frames, type- Almighty to have mercy on the soul of the late and that revolutionized furnishing, has died aged 91, the firm thing I think everyone is proud of when seeing Ikea out writers and other goods, make her residence in paradise,” read a statement said yesterday. Kamprad “passed away peacefully sur- in the world,” Swedish banker and industrialist Jacob delivering orders on his from the Qatar News Agency. The two countries rounded by his loved ones” at his home in the southern Wallenberg told financial daily Dagens Industri. bicycle. His early success have been at loggerheads since last June when Qatar Swedish region of Smaland on Saturday “following a Kamprad’s legacy of creating affordable furniture arose from squeezing his was diplomatically and economically isolated by Gulf brief illness”, Ikea said in a statement. He leaves behind has earned him admiration among consumers around prices to undercut more Ingvar Kamprad rivals. Sheikha Hessa died earlier yesterday. a legacy of affordable interior design for households the world. “He has paved the way for everyone to have established competitors. around the world, through Ikea’s flat-pack furniture nice furniture, not just the rich,” Krister Mollander, a In 1947 the young Kamprad started selling furniture which customers can assemble themselves. 70-year-old consumer, told AFP. “Good design became made by local artisans, and four years later he began Kamprad’s close friend Bertil Torekull told the democratic through his ability,” Steven Coetzee, a 45- putting out the first of his mail order catalogues - which Saudis, UAE denied neutral venues Swedish daily Aftonbladet that the industrialist died year-old tourist from South Africa, told AFP. “Everyone now have an annual print run of 200 million copies in from pneumonia which he contracted after a visit who would like to have something...designed nicely 33 languages. DUBAI: Saudi and UAE football authorities said yes- abroad, aggravated by “the frailty of old age”.