SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 THULQADA 16, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet prods Aussie teen’s Syria’s India’s ‘Faith media on feet bloodied traditional Runner’ falters national unity, by mystery oud-making on the approves2 VAT sea23 creatures on31 the decline final13 straight Kurdistan takes measures Min 30º Max 48º to ensure safe referendum High Tide 01:31 & 11:27 Low Tide Irbil prosthetic center launches Kuwait-funded ward 06:07 & 19:14 32 PAGES NO: 17300 150 FILS IRBIL: Security authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan have taken measures to ensure safety and stability during the refer- 5-year-old girl endum on the region’s independence set for Sept 25, 2017. The remarks were made by Kurdish Minister of beaten to death Interior Karim Sinjari during his meeting with a Kuwaiti media delegation late Sunday. Security authorities have by mom, lover arrested about 1,700 members of the so-called Islamic State (IS) who were hiding among displaced Iraqis in By Hanan Al-Saadoun the region’s refugee camps, he noted. Although the city of Mosul was liberated from IS’ control, there are still KUWAIT: A 5-year-old girl was killed by her mother some terrorist cells in Mosul that belong to the group, and her boyfriend. Police received a call about a girl Sinjari said. who died after falling from a height in Qusour. The Kuwaiti delegation also met with the head of the Detectives and paramedics dispatched to the scene foreign affairs department at Kurdistan’s government noticed some bruises on the child’s body, so they Falah Mustafa, who stressed the importance of boosting called forensic experts. The body was then referred cooperation between his region and Kuwait on all lev- to the coroner. els, mainly investment. Mustafa also addressed the When her mother, a divorcee, was questioned, regional and international impact of the upcoming ref- she confessed that she was with her boyfriend. They erendum’s results. repeatedly beat the girl because she was disturbing The Kuwaiti delegation includes KUNA’s Editor-in- them, leading to her death. The source said the Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa daily boyfriend took the mother and the girl’s body to Yousef Al-Marzouq, Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd their car, then the mother went home and called Al-Rahman Al-Alyan and Trustee of Kuwait Journalists police, claiming the girl had fallen, but bruises on Association Adnan Al-Rashed. her body indicated otherwise. The mother’s Meanwhile, a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic boyfriend was arrested at dawn yesterday. medical center in Irbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan region was launched to treat those whose limbs were amputated in the fight against IS. Speaking on the occasion, head of the center Dr Ghassan Al-Alousy told KUNA that the hos- pital receives about eight patients of all ages daily, most News IRBIL: A Kuwaiti media delegation tours a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic medical center in the capital of of them with severed feet or legs. After placing prosthet- in brief Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, ics, the patients receive physical therapy to allow them Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Yousef Al-Marzouq, Kuwait to adjust to their new artificial limbs, he noted. Journalists Association Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed and KUNA reporter in Kurdistan Mukhlis Khishnaw. — KUNA Kuwait rejects ‘untrue’ Continued on Page 2 Asharq Al-Awsat ban PAGE PAGE KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Information Ministry yesterday reject- Ali bowls England to Iran inks biggest-ever ed social media rumors that it prevented the distribution of influential UK-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat as S Africa series win car deal with Renault “untrue and contrary to truth”. In a statement, the min- istry underlined that it did not ban any of the Saudi pri- vate-owned daily’s editions in Kuwait. Ministry officials “usually carry out routine procedures for newspapers that arrive in Kuwait from abroad”, the statement explained. The ministry’s assistant undersecretary for Jordan king backs Palestinian leader press and publications Khaled Al-Rashidi emphasizes that the newspaper is “being sold across shops and has not been banned”. RAMALLAH: Jordan’s King Abdullah II Jews, who refer to it as the Temple offered support to Palestinian President Mount as it is believed to be on the site Mahmoud Abbas during a rare visit yes- of the first and second Jewish Temples, Turkish troops hold terday to the occupied West Bank follow- the latter of which was destroyed by the exercises in Qatar ing tensions with Israel over a flashpoint Romans in 70 AD. Abdullah also “called DOHA: Qatar held joint military exercises with Jerusalem holy site. Abdullah’s first trip to for the commitment of US President Turkish troops yesterday, Qatari media reported, the West Bank in five years was seen as a Donald Trump to work to realise peace showcasing their strategic alliance two months into message to Israel and the United States between Palestinians and Israelis”. The a boycott by Arab neighbors which accuse Doha of over the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque com- king flew by helicopter to Ramallah and supporting terrorism. The maneuvers are aimed at pound and the stalled peace process. It a red carpet welcome from Abbas. He preparing Qatar’s armed forces to defend “vital eco- came less than two weeks after the end returned to Jordan after a meeting that nomic, strategic and infrastructure facilities,” state- of a standoff at the holy site over new lasted around an hour and a half. The owned newspaper Al-Sharq reported. security measures, including metal king did not meet any Israeli officials. detectors, imposed by Israel following an Jordan reacted angrily last month to attack that killed two policemen. the new security measures at the mosque Saudi billionaire to invest Abdullah stressed to Abbas “the full compound, which sparked several days of $800m in Egypt tourism Jordanian support for the legitimate protests and clashes in Jerusalem’s Old rights of its brothers the Palestinian peo- City, the occupied West Bank and the CAIRO: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin ple and support for the establishment of Gaza Strip. Palestinian foreign minister Talal is to invest more than $800 million in hotels in an independent Palestinian state with its Riyad Al-Malki told reporters that Abbas Egypt, the investment ministry in Cairo said yesterday. RIYADH: Envoy of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First capital in east Jerusalem”, a statement and Abdullah yesterday discussed “direct The announcement came after parliament in May adopt- Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- from Jordan’s royal palace said. He Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque”. ed a new law aimed at attracting foreign investment as Sabah (left) delivers a letter from the Amir to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz backed the need to protect Jerusalem’s Tensions were exacerbated on July 23 the authorities seek to reinvigorate the North African Al-Saud. The letter is related to the latest regional and international develop- Al-Aqsa mosque compound, warning when an Israeli security guard shot dead country’s struggling economy. The ministry said in a ments and issues of mutual interest. It was handed to Saudi Deputy King Israeli attempts to change the status quo two Jordanians at the Israeli embassy statement that Bin Talal told Investment Minister Sahar Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud (right). The envoy later - under which Jordan is custodian of the compound in Amman. One of the two Nasr in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh that he headed to Egypt to deliver a written letter from HH the Amir to Egyptian site and Jewish prayer is forbidden - men attacked the Israeli with a screwdriv- would invest in hotels in several locations. President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. — KUNA “would have negative consequences for er, and the other was apparently shot the whole region”. dead by accident, Israeli officials said. Saudis turn themselves The Al-Aqsa compound is also holy to Continued on Page 11 in over attacks: Ministry More Syrian child brides RIYADH: Three Saudi Arabians wanted in connection with protests, unrest and attacks on police in the Shiite-majority eastern district of Qatif turned them- in Jordan amid poverty selves in yesterday, the interior ministry said. The three men were on a “list of 23 fugitives wanted for MAFRAQ, Jordan: Married at 15 and country, UN and Jordanian officials say. crimes” in Qatif, the ministry said in a statement car- divorced at 16, a Syrian teen says she regrets More Syrian girls will lose out on educa- ried by the official SPA news agency. The statement having said yes to a handsome suitor - a tion, since most child brides drop out of also warned that people who “harbor or conceal” stranger who turned into an abusive hus- school. They typically marry fellow Syrians any suspects “could face consequences”. band. Yet the reasons that transformed her who are just a few years older, often without into a child bride have become more preva- a steady job - a constellation that helps per- lent among Syrians who live in Jordanian petuate poverty. And they will likely have Israel to strip Arab attacker exile because of a six-year-old civil war back more children than those who marry as of citizenship for first time home. More families marry off daughters to adults, driving up Jordan’s fertility rate.