Let's Reflect on the Promise Communities Make to One Another
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TWITTER SPORTS @newsofbahrain OP-ED 8 Let’s reflect on the promise communities make to one another INSTAGRAM Riffa survive /nobmedia 25 Al Najma scare LINKEDIN WEDNESDAY newsofbahrain DECEMBER 2019 Riffa survived a late scare 210 FILS WHATSAPP to escape with a narrow 38444692 ISSUE NO. 8336 78-71 victory over Al Na- jma last night in the Top FACEBOOK /nobmedia Six Division of the Zain Bahrain Basketball League, MAIL [email protected] currently being played at Zain Arena in Um Al Has- WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com sam. P16 Mariah Carey sued by former nanny 14 CELEBS WORLD 5 At least 28 dead in Indonesia bus plunge Fee exemption cancelled Manama ahraini citizens wishing Bto travel to the Republic of Turkey are now required to pay for an electronic visa fee of $60 for a maximum visit period of 30 days. Bahraini citizens wish- ing to visit the country for a longer period must apply for a visa in person through Israeli army admits error over attack the Turkish Embassy in the Special Christmas Kingdom of Bahrain. Jerusalem The visit visa fees for a pe- riod that exceeds 30 to 60 he Israeli army said days is determined to be $135, Tuesday that a strike while it is $270 for a period in Gaza that killed nine that exceeds 60 to 90 days. Tmembers of the same family 35 had been due to a faulty assess- Palestinians were killed ment of the risk to civilians. and more than 100 More deaths in Idlib The November 14 air strike wounded in the attack. Damascus targeted the home of Rasmi Abu Malhous, described by Is- rael as a commander in Islamic t least eight people in- Jihad, the militant Palestinian Acluding five children movement against which Is- members of the public. were killed yesterday in rael had launched a three-day An army inquiry later found Russian air strikes on north- campaign. “that even though military west Syria, as France and He and eight members of his activity was conducted in the Turkey appealed for an end family were killed by the attack, compound, it was not a closed to violence that has forced including five children. compound, and in reality civil- tens of thousands to flee. A statement from the army ians were present there,” it said. Heightened regime and said that intelligence collected The army said it would learn Russian bombardment has ahead of the attack had indi- from its “mistakes” to reduce hit the militant-held prov- cated that the residence “was “the recurrence of similar ir- ince of Idlib since mid-De- designated as an Islamic Jihad regular events.” cember, as regime forces terror organisation military It stressed it had made “con- make steady advances on compound”. siderable efforts... to reduce the Anti-government protesters and the less fortunate attend a Christmas dinner to celebrate in Martyrs Square in the ground despite an Au- The army had “estimated” damage to non-combatants”. downtown Beirut. Parts of Lebanon were expected to wake up to a white Christmas this year, but in a country that gust cease-fire and UN calls that “civilians would not be Palestinian officials said 35 is home to more than a million refugees wintry weather was unlikely to be universally welcomed. Storm Loulou was for a de-escalation. harmed as a result of an at - Palestinians were killed and expected to bring snow to parts of Lebanon above 1,400 metres overnight, but lower areas will only have rain and high Nearly 80 civilians have tack” on the site, which was more than 100 wounded. There winds, the meteorological department at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport said. The officials said the storm been killed by air strikes not believed to be accessible to were no Israeli fatalities. could lead to wind speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour and a raging sea. and artillery attacks over the same period, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which estimates that more than Nation in crisis 40,000 people have been displaced in recent weeks. “These attacks should come to an end immediate- ly,” Turkey said Tuesday after sending a delegation to Mos- cow to discuss the flare-up. Alarming escalation Aid agencies stop work in Yemen town after attacks Oxfam office on Tuesday morn- A contested frontline runs DON’T MISS IT Yemen has suffered ing, aid agencies said. across the province. • Among the agencies hit over- “I urge a thorough investiga- from almost five years of night on Saturday by rocket-pro- tion, and I express my appre- conflict since the Iran- pelled grenades (RPGs) fired by ciation to the Government of HRH Crown aligned Houthi militants unknown individuals were Ox- Yemen for the work they have ousted President. fam and the International Res- begun in this regard. Prince issues cue Committee (IRC). “I also remain gravely con- 02 edicts to appoint The attacks on Saturday cerned by the continuation of Around 80 per wounded one person, damaged media campaigns in parts of new officials cent of• the population property and caused 12 organisa- Yemen that spread rumours and Rising power needs humanitarian tions to suspend aid programmes incitement against aid opera- assistance after the in Al Dhale, affecting 217,000 tions,” Lowcock said. bills forcing residents, United Nations aid Meanwhile, in the country’s war pushed millions to 03 shops to close chief Mark Lowcock said on north, the Houthi-run health the brink of famine. Monday. ministry declared that a bout down: MP Oxfam said their office was of fast-spreading swine flu had Sana’a hit by two RPGs, but nobody was A boy waits for food supplies provided by the World Food Programme at a killed 94 people in October Parliament injured. Tuesday’s attack used school in Sana’a. alone. Thousands of reported praises welve aid agencies in the an improvised explosive device most five years of conflict since cases have overwhelmed health 04 Royal pardon for Yemeni town of Al Dhale (IED). the Iran-aligned Houthi mili- care facilities already crippled by Thave stopped work af- IRC said its office and a wom- tants ousted President Abd-Rab- constant violence, said Moham- jailed convicts ter attacks on their buildings en’s centre were hit by RPGs on bu Mansour Hadi’s government Aid workers are not a med Al Mansour, a senior health that the United Nations called Saturday, injuring one security in late 2014. target. Those who will official, warning the death toll 210 fils (includes VAT) an “alarming escalation” amid guard. “Aid workers are not a The southwestern province of would likely rise.A new outbreak media campaigns against aid or- target. Those who will suffer Al Dhale lies on the main south- suffer the most are of dengue fever has also swept ganisations. the most are innocent Yemenis to-north road linking the south- innocent Yemenis who across the country, killing 68 The majority of attacks oc- who benefit from IRC’s... work,” ern port of Aden — controlled benefit from IRC. people, including 16 children curred overnight Saturday. One IRC said. by Hadi’s government — to the IRC under five, so far this month, he more occurred on an unoccupied Yemen has suffered from al- Houthi-controlled capital, Sanaa. added. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2019 02 HRH Crown Prince issues edicts to appoint new officials Manama HRH the Crown Prince also Transportation and Telecom- The Information Affairs Min- istry of Finance and National issued Edict 36/2019, appointing munications. ister shall implement the edict, Economy as Director of Risk is Royal Highness the current Director of Avia - The Minister of Transporta- which takes immediate effect Analysis at the National Bureau Prince Salman bin tion Safety and Security at the tion and Telecommunications and will be promulgated in the for Revenues (NBR). HHamad Al Khalifa, the Ministry of Transportation and shall implement the edict, which Official Gazette. Under the same edict, Nawaf Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Telecommunications, as Aero- takes immediate effect and will In another edict (38/2019), Al-Sayed Hashim Al-Sada was Commander and First Deputy nautical Licensing Director at be promulgated in the Official HRH Crown Prince appointed appointed as Director of Exter- Prime Minister, yesterday is- the same ministry. Gazette. Yasser Mubarak Al Rumaithi as nal Tax Relations, Yusuf Adel sued Edict 35/2019, appointing The current Director of Land HRH the Crown Prince also Director of Human Resources at Mohammed Mattar as Director Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali bin Transportation Planning and issued Edict 37/2019, appoint- the Electricity and Water Affairs of Tax Policies, Noor Hafidh Bu- Mohammed Al Khalifa as the Studies, Shams Rashid Khalfan, HRH the Crown Prince ing directors at the Information Authority (EWA). Ali as Director of Operations and Director of International Co-op- was appointed as Director of Affairs Ministry. The Electricity and Water Af- Auditing and Nada Alawi Al-Ala- eration and Development at the Land Transportation Monitor- ning and Studies, Mohammed Under the edict, Mariam Isa fairs Minister shall implement wi as Director of Communica- Interior Ministry’s Office of the ing and Inspection at the same Abdulla Zainal Mohammed as Bukamal was appointed as Di- the edict, which takes immedi- tion and Customer Service at the Ombudsman. ministry. Director of Aviation Safety and rector of Creativity and Elec- ate effect and will be promulgat- National Bureau for Revenues. The Interior Minister shall Under the edict, Latifa Motlaq Security, Bassim Salman Al-As- tronic Media, Qais Hassan Al ed in the Official Gazette. The Minister of Finance and implement the edict, which Jumaa Al Thawadi was appoint- foor as Director of Meteorolo- Dossary as Director of Televi- HRH the Crown Prince also National Economy shall imple- takes immediate effect and will ed as Director of Post Offices, gy and Yassen Hassan Al Sayed sion and Abdulrahman Khalid issued Edict 39/2019, appointing ment the edict, which takes im- be promulgated in the Official Hussain Ali Yacoub as Director Ali as Director of Air Naviga - Al-Madfai as Director of News at the current Director of Central mediate effect and will be prom- Gazette.