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TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 2015 • 19 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6512 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Hadi loyalists US to speed up arms recapture Al Anad base sales to Gulf: Kerry ADEN: Fighters loyal to Yemen’s exiled president Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, bolstered by Gulf Arab support, seized the coun- Al Attiyah calls for nuclear weapons ban in Middle East try’s largest military base from Houthi forces yesterday after DOHA: Washington has agreed to come up with a solution to the heavy combat in which dozens to speed up arms sales to Gulf Lavrov meets nuclear weapons of Iran through were killed or captured, a pro- states, US Secretary of State dialogue and this came up as a Hadi commander said. John Kerry announced yesterday result of the efforts exerted by the If confirmed, the victory after talks in Doha on their con- Hamas chief United States of America and its would mark another significant cerns over the Iran nuclear deal. allies,” the Foreign Minister said, gain for the Hadi loyalists after Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid DOHA: Russian Foreign speaking in Arabic. they drove the Houthis from the bin Mohamed Al Attiyah told a Minister Sergei Lavrov Al Attiyah also called for a southern port of Aden in July fol- joint press conference with Kerry met Hamas leader Khaled ban on all nuclear weapons not lowing months on the defensive. that the nuclear deal was “the best Meshaal here yesterday and only in Iran but “all the Middle The recapture of the Al Anad base option among other options”. invited him to visit Moscow, East”. As well as his talks with also opens up the road north to the Asked what he could offer Gulf a Hamas official said, extend- Attiyah, Kerry also met Saudi city of Taiz, where Iranian-allied states, Kerry said the United States ing a diplomatic welcome Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Houthi militias have been locked in “agreed to expedite certain arms to the Palestinian group bin Ahmed Al Jubeir. combat with Hadi fighters. sales that are needed and that have shunned by the West. Before leaving Qatar, Kerry also “The national army and the taken too long in the past”. Meshaal last travelled to held a three-way meeting with popular resistance have completed The US would also step up Moscow in 2010. In a statement Russian Foreign Minister Sergei control of the Al Anad military efforts to share intelligence and released in Gaza, the Hamas Lavrov and Jubeir, with discussions and air base,” the operation com- increase the number of joint official said a delegation led centered on Syria. Lavrov told mander, Brigadier-General Fadel military exercises with its Arab by Meshaal briefed Lavrov on reporters that an announced US Hassan, told Reuters. allies, Kerry said following talks conditions in the Gaza Strip in willingness to take extra measures His forces were combing the with foreign ministers of the six- the aftermath of last summer’s to defend allied fighters in Syria base, which covers 40 square km nation Gulf Cooperation Council. war with Israel. REUTERS was “counter-productive”. for any Houthis who may have Gulf countries have expressed In a news conference along- remained behind. He said his force concerns that the July 14 deal side Al Attiyah, Lavrov said: “We would march on to complete the between Iran and world powers cooperation will be enhanced.” believe it’s counterproductive “liberation” of the provinces of would allow greater regional inter- Kerry added that there was to announce publicly that some Lahej and Abyan. ference by the Islamic republic. also agreement to “talk about how US-trained armed groups... will The Houthi-run Saba news “We talked about the possibil- to integrate the region’s ballistic be under the protection of the agency said earlier that Saudi-led ity, not the possibility, the real- missile defences based on some of coalition’s air forces,” Lavrov air raids had repeatedly struck ity of increasing the number of the activities of other countries”. said. Kerry flew to Qatar on Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with US Secretary of State John the military base. The base has exercises that we are conducting Al Attiyah said there was sup- Sunday from Egypt, where he Kerry in Doha yesterday. Kerry briefed the Emir on details of the Iran deal. been under siege for weeks by the together,” Kerry said. “These are port for the nuclear deal among also sought to assure Cairo that The Emir expressed his hope for a Middle-East that is free of weapons Southern Resistance, an alliance of a few examples and ways in which countries in the Gulf, despite their the Iran deal would bring greater of mass destruction, or a race towards acquiring them. Deputy Emir southern groups including seces- we believe the security of the cautious reaction. “This was the security to the region. AFP H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani attended the meeting. sionists seeking an independent region can be strengthened and best option among other options More pictures on page 2 south Yemen. REUTERS Many accidents caused by youth, Construction sector faces tough challenges: Report DOHA: Delayed payment, con- more difficult as there are no provide engineers’ classification is negatively impacts your cash flow, Delayed payments is all too students: Survey servative banking practices and visas that can be obtained from very generic and not sufficient to meaning that you are less able to common and it affects the whole a lack of qualified professionals the government from the nation- decide whether an engineer is suf- maintain the momentum of your supply chain and it is almost DOHA: The roads in Qatar are are posing serious challenges alities that are in demand here ficiently qualified or not, he said. projects through timely payments, taken for granted that the con- safest on Fridays, says a study, to the contractors in Qatar’s like India, Bangladesh etc,” the Another major challenge high- material sourcing etc,” he said. tract terms will be ignored or only and it adds that based on a sur- construction sector, according Qatar Contractors Forum quoted lighted by the industry leaders was The biggest challenge is the used when convenient, he said. vey of 340 traffic accidents, stu- to top professionals in the field. a top industry leader as saying in the difficulty in obtaining financial growing competition contractors “There is a duality of the con- dents and those looking for jobs The construction boom in Qatar a document published by it in the support from Qatari banks, a prob- face in the construction sector as struction boom in Qatar. On one are more prone to causing acci- has brought significant difficul- run-up to the Qatar Contractors lem that has knock-on effects for international companies are drawn hand, its rapid rise means mas- dents than others. ties along with a host of fresh Forum & Awards scheduled to be the industry at large. to Qatar and its lucrative opportu- sive potential to secure lucrative Some 47 percent of the 340 opportunities, they said. held in Doha in October, 2015. “It is extremely difficult to nities. Highlighting the problems contracts but on the other, the road mishaps that were surveyed The shortage of visas, combined There is no proper system to obtain banking services from local faced by contractors, a former proper adjustments have not yet for the study were caused due to with a lack of proper ‘capability test the capabilities of prospective banks because they have raised regional director of another leading been made to the banking and lack of attention of motorists and testing’, has led to a situation engineers before they are assigned their requirements in such a firm said that there was difficulty regulatory systems to promote nearly all these accidents were where construction projects are work. The test performed by the way that it is now more difficult in getting qualified and experienced swift and secure payments.” caused by students and youth being delayed due to a shortfall of Ministry of Municipality and than ever. This directly affects professionals. Small companies are THE PENINSULA hunting for jobs. skilled engineers. “It is becoming Urban Planning (MMUP) to the progress of work because it finding it difficult to compete. Continued on page 2 The study was conducted by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, reports Al Sharq. All the aforemen- Syria war plane crashes, 31 killed tioned motorists were aged less than 25. Public urged to report Young motorists drive fast and do not care much about rules and regulations and road safety, shows the study. partitioned villas The study also says that at least 50 percent of the accidents sur- DOHA: The Ministry of a suspected building could be veyed were caused by motorists Municipality and Urban checked for violation. who had driving experience of six Planning has urged the public The police will be asked to years and less. to bring to its notice villas and accompany the civic inspectors and THE PENINSULA apartments that have been par- engineers for checks to prepare titioned illegally. technical reports of the violation. In a statement issued yesterday, The Ministry has issued stern Brent plunges the Ministry said that it is the duty warnings to contractors and NEW YORK: Oil prices dived of people to report cases involving technicians not to engage, on yesterday, with Brent crude illegally partitioned homes as they behalf of owners or occupants, in tumbling about five percent, pose grave threats to public safety illegal partitioning of villas and after new data showed weaken- and adversely impact infrastruc- apartments.