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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 8 Al Shaqab’s Mehma wins Qatar INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 ARAB WORLD 3, 4 BUSINESS 1-8 Richmond Qatar Airways ‘lift s 18,425.36 10,652.31 41.12 INTERNATIONAL 5-16 CLASSIFIED 6 -46.81 +47.54 -0.80 ISLAM 17 SPORT 1-8 IAG stake to 20%’ Stakes -0.25% +0.45% -1.91% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10164 July 29, 2016 Shawwal 24, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir in Argentina talks In brief Russia ‘aid operation’ QATAR | Offi cial Ministry of Defence denies media reports The Directorate of Protocol, Public for besieged Relations and Moral Guidance at the Ministry of Defence has denied reports by some media about the fabricated tweet against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which was attributed to HE the Minister of State for Defence Aleppo city Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al- Attiyah, regarding recent events in AFP nesty to rebels who surrender over the Turkey. The Directorate stresses the Aleppo, Syria next three months, state news agency need to elicit information from their SANA reported. off icial sources. “Everyone carrying arms and sought yria regime ally Russia yesterday by justice is excluded from full punish- announced a “large-scale” aid ment if they hand themselves in and lay EUROPE | Coup bid Soperation to allow civilians and down their weapons,” it said. Turkey reshuffl es HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Argentinian President Mauricio Macri held a session of off icial talks last fi ghters to fl ee besieged Aleppo, as the Syria’s state television also an- night at the Quinta de Olivos Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires. The talks reviewed bilateral relations and means of boosting president off ered an amnesty to rebels nounced “the opening of three passages military top brass and developing them on all fronts, particularly in economy and investment. Page 2 who surrender. to allow citizens out of eastern districts” Turkey yesterday reshuff led key The opposition, however, condemned of Aleppo. military commanders sacking almost the initiative as an attempt to “alter Regime planes yesterday dropped fl y- half of its generals in the wake of the Aleppo’s demographics and ensure ers showing a map with the location of failed coup, as authorities shut down forced displacement”, while Amnesty these humanitarian passages, he said, as dozens of media outlets in a widening said it was “not a substitute for allow- well as small aid packages, an AFP cor- crackdown. A hastily-convened ing impartial humanitarian relief for ci- respondent said. military council meeting came Yemeni govt says peace vilians many of whom will be sceptical He went to see one of the corridors after the government ordered the about government promises”. but said it remained closed and saw no discharge of 149 generals — nearly half UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien warned movement of local residents nearby. of the armed forces’ entire contingent that any corridors must be used volun- “We’re scared of using the regime of 358 — for alleged complicity in the tarily and protection be guaranteed. crossings because we refused to do mil- putsch bid. Separately, a total of 131 “No one can be forced to fl ee, by any itary service. The corridors are nothing talks ‘completely ended’ more than words. It’s just an excuse to newspapers, TV channels and other specifi c route or to any particular loca- media outlets were being shut down tion,” said O’Brien. throw people into jail,” said Hassan Ib- under the state of emergency. Page 10 AFP They did not name the council’s and hold the Houthi-Saleh alliance “Protection must be guaranteed for rahim, a 25-year-old father. Aden members. responsible” for the failure of the all according to the principles of neu- The Syrian opposition High Negotia- “The aim is to unify eff orts to con- talks, he said. trality and impartiality.” tions Committee condemned Russia’s ARAB WORLD | Diplomacy front the aggression by Saudi Arabia The rebels overran Sanaa in Sep- Government forces have surrounded proposal as “a euphemism for Russia’s Kerry to meet Abbas emen’s government said yes- and its allies,” they said in reference tember 2014 and expanded their con- rebel-held districts in eastern Aleppo eff orts to alter Aleppo’s demographics in Paris tomorrow terday that peace talks un- to the Riyadh-led Arab coalition that trol to other parts of Yemen. since July 17, sparking fears for an esti- and ensure forced displacement”. Yderway since April had ended launched a military campaign against In February last year, they had set mated 250,000 people who live there. “The forcible displacement of Alep- US Secretary of State John Kerry without agreement after Shia rebels the rebels in March 2015 in support of up a “Supreme Revolutionary Coun- Residents have reported food short- po’s population is a war crime perpe- will meet with Palestinian President and their allies formed a 10-member Hadi. cil” to run the country after they an- ages and spiralling prices in rebel dis- trated by the Syrian regime and a per- Mahmoud Abbas in Paris tomorrow to “supreme council” to run the war- The job of the council would be to nounced the dissolution of the gov- tricts since regime forces cut off the manent member of the (UN) Security discuss progress toward a two-state torn nation. “manage state aff airs politically, mili- ernment and parliament. opposition’s main supply route into the Council,” it said, referring to Russia. solution, the State Department said. “The negotiations have complete- tarily, economically, administratively, UN-sponsored talks between the northern city earlier this month. Amnesty was also dismissive. “The secretary is not looking at trying ly ended,” said Abdullah al-Olaimi, socially and in security”. rebels and representatives of Hadi’s Russian Defence Minister Sergei The Russian plan was “not a substi- to make progress based on a fixed deputy director of the Yemeni presi- Ould Cheikh Ahmed who has been government, which began on April 21, Shoigu said three humanitarian corri- tute for allowing impartial humanitar- date on the calendar,” spokesman dent’s offi ce and a member of the brokering 100 days of talks aimed at have failed to make headway. dors were being opened “to aid civilians ian relief for civilians who remain in John Kirby said. Instead, Kerry will government team to the UN-brokered a peaceful settlement condemned the The negotiations were launched held hostage by terrorists and for fi ght- opposition-held areas of the city or other speak with “Abbas about prospects talks being held in Kuwait. move without formally announcing after the United Nations secured an ers wishing to lay down their arms”. besieged areas, many of whom will be for a two-state solution, and trying to “We have participated and exer- the collapse of negotiations. agreement on a ceasefi re in the war- He told Russian news agencies that a sceptical about government promises”, make meaningful progress to create cised patience for the sake of our peo- “This is a clear violation of the torn country. fourth corridor would be opened to the it said. the conditions where that solution ple and we end the negotiations for Yemeni constitution” as well as Res- The main stumbling block at the north of Aleppo for rebels to fl ee with UN envoy Staff an de Mistura said the can be more successfully pursued”. their sake,” Olaimi said on his Twitter olution 2216, he said in a statement talks in Kuwait has been the form of their weapons. world body had not been consulted on account. released in Kuwait. the government in Sanaa. Medical and food assistance would be Russia’s initiative. In Riyadh, President Abd-Rabbu The resolution calls on the Houthis The Hadi government backed by provided along the routes for civilians Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch ASEAN | Crime Mansour Hadi’s government said the to withdraw from territories they oc- Saudi Arabia say that he is the legiti- and fi ghters who lay down their weap- accused Assad’s regime and Russia of Indonesia executes rebels had “fi red the bullet of mercy” cupied in 2014, to hand over their mate head of state and should preside ons, Shoigu said. extensively using banned cluster mu- killing off the talks. arms and return state institutions to over a transitional period in the coun- President Bashar al-Assad, mean- nitions against the rebels since late four drug convicts UN special envoy Ismail Ould the legitimate government. try. But the rebels insist on forming a while, issued a decree off ering an am- May. Page 4 Indonesia today executed four drug Cheikh Ahmed said the rebels’ move Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abdul- national unity government to oversee convicts, three of them foreigners, “contravenes” their commitment to malek al-Mikhlafi said the rebels’ the transition. Nusra Front splits from Al Qaeda by firing squad, an off icial said. Ten the peace process and “represents announcement amounted to a “new More than 6,400 people have been others expected to have faced the a grave violation” of UN Security coup”. killed in Yemen since the Saudi-led Al Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, campaigns separately launched by the firing squad, including nationals Council Resolution 2216. The rebels have “missed an oppor- coalition intervened in support of will split from the terrorist network and United States and Russia against militant from Pakistan, India and Zimbabwe The Shia Houthi rebels and the tunity for peace which the Yemeni Hadi’s government.