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Qatar Is Taking Strong Steps to Fight Terror: US BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Duhail win to leave Al Sadd INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 15 COMMENT 14 ARAB WORLD 3 BUSINESS 1-8, 10-12 hopes in 24,604.30 8,730.06 61.38 INTERNATIONAL 4-12 CLASSIFIED 9 QCB weighing proposal -424.90 +76.74 -0.26 ISLAM 13 SPORTS 1-8 -1.70% +0.89% -0.42% tatters Latest Figures on combining three banks published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXIX No. 10745 March 2, 2018 Jumada II 14, 1439 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir receives message from Ivorian president Russia’s Ghouta In brief aid plan is not QATAR | Diplomacy Emir meets Italy’s foreign minister enough, says UN His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at his off ice Reuters voy allowed so far this year was a small in Al Bahar Palace yesterday with Geneva one in mid-February with aid for just Italian Minister of Foreign Aff airs and 7,200 people, Egeland said. International Co-operation Angelino UN satellite analysis has shown sig- Alfano and his accompanying Russian plan for a fi ve-hour nifi cant damage across much of eastern delegation. The meeting reviewed the pause in fi ghting in Syria’s Ghouta since December 3, though the friendly relations and co-operation A eastern Ghouta needs to be ex- enclave has been subjected to regular between the two countries, and ways to panded to allow aid deliveries to enter bombardment throughout the confl ict. boost them. The meeting also discussed and civilians and urgent medical cases Russia, a strong ally of Syrian Presi- the latest regional and international to leave, United Nations offi cials said dent Bashar al-Assad, has called for issues. His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday received a written message from President of the Republic of yesterday. daily fi ve-hour local ceasefi res to es- Cote d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara, dealing with relations between the two countries and means to promote them. Ivorian Minister of In one of the fi ercest onslaughts tablish what it calls a humanitarian QATAR | Offi cial State for Defence Aff airs Hamed Bakayoko delivered the message during a meeting with His Highness the Emir at Al Bahar Palace. of Syria’s seven-year civil war, hun- corridor so aid can enter the enclave dreds of people have died in 11 days of and civilians and wounded can leave. Condolences sent bombing of eastern Ghouta, a swathe But the fi rst such truce on Tuesday to Kuwaiti emir of towns and farms outside Damascus quickly collapsed when bombing and His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim that is the last major rebel-controlled shelling resumed after a short lull. bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the area near the capital. “We were not involved in the talks Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad The Syrian army and its allies that led to the declaration of a fi ve-hour al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and launched ground assaults on the edge pause. And if we had been we would say Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin of eastern Ghouta yesterday, backed by that it is not enough,” Egeland said. Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday a bombardment the Syrian Observatory Egeland said a “two-way” humani- sent cables of condolences to Kuwaiti Qatar is taking for Human Rights said killed 11 people. tarian corridor was needed, with sev- Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber “You are failing to help us help civil- eral convoys each week into eastern al-Sabah on the death of Sheikha al-Jazi ians in Syria,” UN humanitarian ad- Ghouta, while 1,000 priority medical al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah, viser Jan Egeland told diplomats from cases must be evacuated for treatment. the widow of the late Sheikh Mubarak 23 states attending a weekly meeting in “I have to say I know no humanitar- al-Hamad al-Mubarak al-Sabah. Geneva. ian actor who thinks the fi ve hours is “Eastern Ghouta is devoid of respect enough for us to be able to deliver relief QATAR | Banking strong steps to for international law.” into eastern Ghouta and to organise or- Some 400,000 people trapped in derly medical evacuations out,” he said Financial institutions government-besieged eastern Ghouta of the Russian unilateral declaration. to be closed on March 4 need life-saving aid, and the only con- Page 3 All banks and financial institutions in Qatar will be closed on March 4, the Qatar Central Bank announced yesterday. In a statement, QCB said fi ght terror: US the closure of banks, money exchange houses, investment and finance By Joey Aguilar law enforcement tools in co-ordination companies, insurance firms and Staff Reporter with partners around the world,” Sales insurance brokering companies is in added. accordance with cabinet’s decision No “ISIS is an adaptive threat and we 33 of 2009. According to the statement, atar has taken very strong steps need to adapt along with it to keep our these institutions will reopen on March 5. in recent months to assist the people safe.” Qinternational community and Apart from other countries globally, QATAR | Weather the US in their campaign against IS, Al he pointed out that the US is also con- Qaeda and other transnational terrorist cerned about the growing terrorist Met department predicts groups, a senior offi cial from the US De- threats in Africa, where there are over- chance of light rain partment of State has said. lapping groups – not just Al Qaeda but There is a chance of light rain in some “We have a number of important ini- IS-affi liated networks and others. places today, the Qatar Met department tiatives underway with Qatar relating Sales: praises Qatar Sales lauded their African partners has said. The weather off ice has also to things like information sharing and saying they were “very valuable coun- issued a warning for strong winds counter-terrorism fi nance,” ambas- the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign ter-terrorism partners,” and a lot of Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim in action during the opening day of the IAAF World and high seas in off shore areas today. sador Nathan Sales, counter-terrosim Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdul- them have strong political will to take Indoors Championships in Birmingham yesterday. Barshim won the silver behind Northwesterly winds will blow at 15-25 co-ordinator, told Gulf Times at a tel- rahman al-Thani, HE the Deputy Prime the necessary steps to confront IS, Al Authorised Neutral Athlete Danil Lysenko. knots off shore, while inshore the wind ephonic press briefi ng yesterday. Minister and Minister of State for De- Qaeda and other terrorist groups of glo- speed may go up to 22 knots at times. He was giving details of a recently- fence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed bal reach. The detailed report for today says it held international conference on mobi- al-Attiyah, US Secretary of State Rex He said the US’ goal is to continually will be hazy in some places in the early lising law enforcement eff orts to defeat Tillerson and Secretary of Defence Jim improve its local partners’ capabilities hours of the day, followed by slightly the IS and new terrorist designations. Mattis. and help them secure their borders, in- Barshim wins silver dusty conditions. “We look forward to continuing to The strategic dialogue sessions fea- vestigate terrorist-related crimes, pre- work with our friends in Doha to im- tured discussions on key areas of co-op- vent terrorist attacks and respond to at- QATAR | Statistics prove their capabilities and we look for- eration, including trade and investment, tacks in real time. Population touches ward to working with other countries in security, counter-terrorism, energy and “Ultimately the interest of the US is at world indoors the region as we raise the bar globally on aviation. ensuring that our partners have those 2.7mn, says ministry counter-terrorism capabilities,” Sales At the telephonic press briefi ng, the skills themselves and need not turn to Qatar’s population has touched 2.7mn, stressed. State Department was sharing the US outsiders to provide security for them,” anil Lysenko pipped Qatar’s as did Lysenko. Barshim let out a roar according to the latest figures released In January this year, the US praised perspective on the next stage on the he said. Mutaz Barshim to win the high before his third attempt but again by the Ministry of Development Planning Qatar for its counter-terrorism eff orts campaign against IS and other terrorist “We see an increase in ISIS activity in Djump gold medal at the IAAF failed. The 20-year-old Lysenko asked and Statistics (MDPS) yesterday. As on and highlighted the strong relations groups. Africa and in all corners of the world and World Indoors Championships in Bir- for quiet from the Arena Birmingham February 28, there were 2.7mn people between the two countries, while also “We achieved great success in Syria that is why it is incumbent upon us with mingham yesterday. crowd and – after a tense wait – soared in the country, indicating that the stressing the need to work towards a so- and Iraq in destroying the so-called our international partners to mobilise Lysenko, an Authorised Neutral Ath- over to clinch the title. figures are the same as of May 2017. The lution to end the Gulf crisis. caliphate and liberating millions of peo- international coalition and demonstrate lete (ANA), and Barshim cleared three Lysenko had lost to Barshim at the latest figures show an increase of 2.2% Such observations were made dur- ple from ISIS clutches,” he noted.
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