FRIDAY JANUARY 22, 2021 JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH 9, 1442 VOL.14 NO. 5162 QR 2 Fajr: 5:01 am Dhuhr: 11:45 am DUSTY Asr: 2:49 pm Maghrib: 5:11 pm HIGH : 20°C LOW : 15 °C Isha: 6:41 pm Dust storm sweeps Qatar, affects visibility Al Khor Carnival, which was sup- Bad weather conditions posed to open on Thursday, has been force several entities to postponed, organisers said in a tweet. The opening has been postponed to postpone their events January 23 due to the unexpected weather conditions. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Similarly, the Aspire Zone Founda- DOHA tion also postponed the Qatar Strong- est Man competition. Amir congratulates Algerian A MASSIVE dust storm swept through “Due to the unexpected weather the country on Thursday, reducing conditions and for your safety, the president on surgery success visibility to as low as two km in most event will be held on January 29,” the areas. organisers said. QNA “We are observing a decrease in the Meanwhile, the Qatari Al-Gannas DOHA horizontal visibility in most regions of Association said the organising com- the country, and currently reaching mittee of the Marmi festival decided to HIS Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin 2 KM in the capital Doha. Please be postpone the championship of the 21- Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to Presi- careful,” Qatar Meteorology Depart- 22 group until Wednesday, January dent of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdul ment (QMD) said in a tweet. 27, due to the bad weather. Majeed Tebboune, on the success of the surgery the Alge- The dusty weather continued for Likewise, Katara has also suspend- rian president underwent, wishing him a speedy recovery. some time. The bad weather condi- have forced several entities to post- that were to be held on Thursday or ed the activities of the Mahaseel mar- tions prevailing across the country pone their competitions and activities Friday. ket on Thursday. Qatar plays key role Saudi embassy in Doha will Qatar Airways set to resume reopen ‘in days’: Report in resolving crises: audi Arabia’s embassy Atlanta services from June 1 Sin Qatar will reopen “in days”, Al Arabiya TV channel Maltese minister ATAR Airways (QA) will add its 12th gate- “We are proud to be the leading Mid- said on Thursday, citing Saudi QNA Qway in the US with the resumption of four- dle East airline providing safe and reliable Foreign Minister Faisal bin DOHA weekly Atlanta flights starting from June 1. connectivity to and from the US via the Best Farhan. The carrier will also significantly increase Airport in the Middle East, Hamad Interna- The minister had made THE Qatari-Maltese ties frequencies adding an additional 13 weekly tional Airport. Having never stopped flying to a similar statement to jour- continue to grow, thanks to flights to operate a total of 83 weekly flights the US throughout the pandemic, we have nalists in Riyadh a few days the joint political will and the across its 12 gateways. Having become the steadily rebuilt our network, gradually resum- ago, saying Saudi Arabia ex- commitment of both sides largest international carrier during the early ing destinations and adding more frequen- pects to reopen its embassy to enhancing it to benefit the stages of the pan- cies. With the upcom- ing launch in Doha in the coming days two countries and peoples, demic, the air- of Seattle and the resumption and “it is just a matter of lo- Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Minister for Foreign Affairs line has applied of Atlanta, we gistics”. Farhan. and European Relations of its unrivalled will reach 12 Saudi Arabia, the United the Republic of Malta Evarist Evarist Bartolo. knowledge of global gateways in Arab Emirates (UAE), Bah- blockade imposed on Qatar Bartolo said on Thursday. passenger flows and book- the US, two rain and Egypt signed a rec- by the quartet in mid-2017. Hailing the special ties the Middle East as well as ing trends to rebuild its global network and more than onciliation deal with Qatar Following the agreement, with Qatar, the minister said its efforts to achieve har- cement its position as the leading Middle what we operated pre-COVID-19,” Qatar Air- on January 5, marking the Saudi airlines Saudia and the two countries are looking mony between the Afghan East airline connecting the US with Africa, ways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker beginning of the end of a Qatar Airways resumed op- to explore investment oppor- parties to bring peace and Asia and the Middle East. said. PAGE 12 more than three-year rift pre- erations to Doha and Riyadh tunities, especially with the security in their country, by cipitated by a trade and travel respectively. (AGENCIES) coronavirus pandemic fading hosting their negotiations in around the world. Doha. Bartolo affirmed the im- He said the efforts of portant role played by Qatar Qatar to contain the corona- at the international level virus pandemic (COVID-19) QA expands strategic partnership with Iberia as it became an influential in terms of providing the Qatar slams Baghdad blasts player in conflict resolution. perfect healthcare services QATAR Airways (QA) has expanded strategic Airport. Qatar Airways Group Chief Execu- QATAR has voiced strong con- Affairs reiterated Qatar’s firm As such Qatar will always be to its citizens and residents partnerships signing and codeshare agree- tive Akbar Al Baker said, “We are pleased to demnation and denunciation position on rejecting violence part of solving problems, not without discrimination sets ment with Iberia, which will enhance connectiv- further expand our codeshare cooperation with of the two explosions that and terrorism. The statement a cause or a party of it. an example for other coun- ity between the two airlines complementary Iberia, Spain’s largest carrier and the leading took place in the center of the offered Qatar’s condolences to He said Malta was happy tries to follow in terms of networks and will offer additional travel options airline connecting Europe with Latin America. Iraqi capital, Baghdad, caus- the families of the victims and with Qatar’s mediating ef- dealing with these condition to our customers travelling between the Iberian Despite the challenges of 2020, it has been ing deaths and injuries. to the government and people forts in many conflicts, citing by focusing on the humani- Peninsula, Latin America, Africa, Asia-Pacific our priority to maintain reliable global connec- In a statement on Thurs- of Iraq, wishing the injured a its efforts to bring peace to tarian aspect. PAGE 2 and the Middle East via Hamad International tivity for our passengers.” (TNN) PAGE 12 day, the Ministry of Foreign speedy recovery. (QNA) Al Nasr area gets a facelift as Ashghal wraps up road revamp TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK the stormwater network, up- and Al Mirqab streets as the Jadeed Street, traffic flow was DOHA grading 6.5 km of foul sewer project provided 1,700 parking changed to one direction on network and creating a 5.8 bays and almost 14 km of pe- the two lanes of the street from THE Public Works Authority km-long Treated Sewerage destrian paths. In addition, the the intersection with Moham- (Ashghal) has completed the Effluent (TSE) network in ad- project included pedestrian med Bin Qasim Street until the main works on the Improve- dition to providing crossing crossings and lighting systems intersection with Suhaim Bin ment of Main Roads in Al Nasr ducts for future infrastructure for the safety of road users. Hamad Street (C-Ring Road). Area project. upgrading and protecting the He said the works have The layout of the rest of The completed works in- existing electricity and tel- also significantly enhanced the street from the intersec- cluded upgrade of 7 km of ecommunication lines. the traffic flow in the area tion with Mohammed Bin main roads in Al Nasr area As part of the project, the and improved the road net- Qasim Street towards Al Amir and completion of six signal- stormwater drainage network work safety level in addition Street is kept unchanged and ised intersections. The up- at the intersection of Moham- to facilitating access to many thus accommodates one lane graded roads were provided med Bin Qasim Street with residential areas with heavy in each direction. with new LED street lighting. Al Kinana Street was also up- traffic flow such as Al Mirqab, Ashghal is now in the pro- Project Engineer in the graded. Fereej Al Nasr, Fereej Bin cess of undertaking landscap- Roads Projects Department Eng Al Zeyara said the Mahmoud and Al Sadd Area. ing works in Al Nasr Area’s Eng Rashed Al Zeyara said completed works will make it It is worth mentioning that main streets to enhance their the upgrading works included easier for road users to park in order to alleviate the traffic look and feel. These remain- improving the infrastructure and walk to the commercial fa- congestion and enhance the ing works are scheduled to be Al Nasr Area wears a new look after the road development work. PAGE 2 services such as improving cilities, especially in Al Kinana traffic flow on Al Mirqab Al completed in the Q2, 2021..