SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 RAMADAN 26, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Army chief Mexico drug Djokovic vows resolve lord ‘El Chapo’ shatters Emsak: 03:14 to defend Guzman Federer’s Fajer: 03:24 Shrooq 04:57 nation escapes dream Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:28 Maghreb: 18:50 3 7 20 Eshaa: 20:20 Iraqi parliament speaker Min 35º Max 47º praises Amir’s wisdom High Tide 09:10 & 22:40 Prosecution begins interrogating ‘Fintas Group’ members Low Tide 02:20 & 16:25 40 PAGES NO: 16580 150 FILS By A Staff Reporter Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: Iraqi Parliament Speaker Saleem Al-Jabouri Clear your debts as yesterday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in Kuwait that left 26 people dead and 227 oth- soon as you can ers wounded. Speaking after talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Marzouk Al-Ghanem at the National Assembly, Jabouri By Hassan T Bwambale said the aim of the attack was to create divisions and ear readers, I would like to inform you that Islam infighting within the Kuwaiti people who successfully came to protect five things viz. your religion - aborted the attempt. He praised the wisdom of His Highness the Amir and by extension your freedom of choice, your D Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who visited the site life, wealth, honor and dignity, and finally, your lineage. of the mosque minutes after the bombing, adding that Although some pagans and polytheists of Makkah used Kuwait has faced the attack with firm security measures. to brand the Prophet (SAW) as a liar, crazy, poet et al, The Iraqi speaker said that Kuwaitis have exhibited when it came to the issue of depositing their wealth and the best example of national unity and standing behind property for safe keeping, they would deposit them their leadership in confronting terrorism. Jabouri was with the Prophet (PBUH) due to the fact that banks and also received by HH the Amir. other financial institutions were non-existent. The peo- In the meantime, head of the Public Anti-Corruption ple who were adamant to kill the Prophet and had sur- Authority Abdulaziz Al-Nemish said yesterday that he rounded his house determined to terminate his life, and members of the board of trustees of the Authority were among those who had deposited their belongings submitted their wealth disclosures to the Assembly with him. Before escaping to save his life, he made sure Speaker. his cousin - Ali - slept in his house to return the money He said the wealth disclosures will also be handed and other properties to their rightful owners. He would later to the prime minister in accordance with the be justified to flee for his life and ignore their property. Authority law. Nimesh said the Authority has already It is ironic that those who wanted to kill him were received wealth disclosure from Ghanem and Deputy among those who had trusted his fiduciary responsibili- Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej and will receive the JEDDAH: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left), Saudi King Salman bin ty and deposited their belongings with him. wealth disclosure of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Abdulaziz Al-Saud and other regional dignitaries attend prayers prior to the burial of Saudi Prince Saud bin Continued on Page 15 Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah soon. Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in holy Makkah on Saturday. — KUNA Continued on Page 15 Iran talks on cusp of a deal Bahrain re-arrests opposition leader DUBAI: Bahraini authorities arrested a top opposition leader yesterday, less than a month after he was freed from prison following time served for his role in Arab Spring-inspired protests. The Interior Ministry said in a brief Twitter statement that Ibrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of the National Democratic Action Society, was detained for “violating the law.” The secular, leftist political group, which also goes by the Arabic name Waad, said the arrest took place about 2.30 am at Sharif’s home and that authorities began preliminary investigations without his lawyer present. Sharif was ATHENS: People get free food from a social kitchen yesterday in central Athens released last month after serving more than four years for which cooks every day in different parts of the city. — AFP his role in 2011 protests calling for reform in the kingdom, a Western ally that hosts the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. While dominated by the country’s majority Shiites, who TEHRAN: Iranian women leave a public bus in downtown Tehran yesterday. Greek ‘time-out’ from seek greater political rights and have long accused the Sunni Negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks plan to announce today that they’ve monarchy of discrimination, the protests also drew support reached a historic deal capping nearly a decade of diplomacy. — AP from other segments of Bahraini society. Sharif was one of euro a possible option several pro-democracy activists convicted by a military-led VIENNA: Negotiators at the Iran nuclear the talks, they said. Senior US and Iranian tribunal after a government crackdown on the protest talks plan to announce today that they’ve officials suggested, however, there might BRUSSELS: Euro-zone finance ministers ble debt restructuring,” it said. The passage movement. Other prominent opposition leaders and human reached a historic deal capping nearly a not be enough time to reach a deal by the included an option for a temporary Greek exit was in brackets to indicate it was not unani- rights activists remain behind bars. decade of diplomacy that would curb the end of yesterday and that the drafting of from the euro if Athens fails to agree a bailout mously approved and needs the approval of Waad said Sharif now faces charges of incitement of country’s atomic program in return for documents could bleed into today. deal, according to a document drafted yester- leaders. The document was submitted later hatred against and contempt of the government, and is sanctions relief, two diplomats told The All of the officials, who are at the talks in day and obtained by AFP. yesterday to the 19 euro-zone leaders, who being detained for 48 hours pending further investigation. Associated Press yesterday. Vienna, demanded anonymity because If a deal is reached, Greece’s bailout needs are hoping to reach a reform-for-bailout deal He rejects the allegations, the group said as it called for his The envoys said a provisional agreement they weren’t authorized to discuss the could amount to between 82 billion and 86 needed to keep Greece in the single currency immediate release. may be reached even earlier - by late yester- negotiations publicly. “We are working billion euros ($91.5-96 billion), said the docu- bloc. A European source told AFP on Saturday “The arrest of Sharif is an attempt to silence his voice and day. But they cautioned that final details of hard, but a deal tonight is simply logistically ment submitted to euro-zone leaders at an that Germany had drawn up plans in an confiscate his freedom of expression,” the group said. The the pact were still being worked out. Once impossible,” the Iranian official said, noting emergency summit. “internal paper” for a temporary five-year government’s Information Affairs Authority did not elabo- it is complete, a formal, final agreement that the agreement will run roughly 100 rate on the reasons for the arrest, saying it would provide “In case no agreement could be reached, Greek exit from the euro if it failed to improve would be open to review by officials in the pages. Greece should be offered swift negotiations its bailout proposals. further details once the investigation is complete. — AP capitals of Iran and the six world powers at Continued on Page 15 on a time-out from the euro area, with possi- Continued on Page 15 Saudi strikes hit Yemen rebels despite truce SANAA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes western entry into Aden,” he said, adding bombarded Yemeni rebels yesterday, that the group “received sophisticated witnesses said, in a new blow to a UN- weapons from the coalition.” proposed truce in the impoverished But the rebels prevented a convoy of country where millions are threatened desperately needed relief aid travelling with famine. from the western port city of Hodeida to Air strikes hit the Houthi stronghold enter Aden, said local relief activist of Saada in Yemen’s north, as well as oth- Adnan Al-Kaf. er rebel positions south of the capital Clashes also persisted in the central Sanaa and in the southern province of city of Taez and in the southern Shabwa Lahj, residents said. There were no province, where the Popular Resistance immediate reports of casualties. Clashes said 21 of its fighters were killed in three also raged in the southern port city of days of clashes. The UN-proposed Aden between the rebels and fighters humanitarian truce technically went into allied with exiled President Abedrabbo effect at 2059 GMT Friday and is sup- Mansour Hadi, known as the Popular posed to run until July 17, the last day of Resistance. the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The southern fighters managed to But the ceasefire, much needed to push back the rebels in the coastal Ras rush food supplies to a population Amran area, west of Aden, according to threatened by famine, has been flouted General Fadhel Hasan, a spokesman of by strikes conducted by the Saudi-led KUWAIT: Worshippers perform the ‘Qiyam’ prayer at the Grand Mosque on the eve of the 25th day of Ramadan Saturday night. Muslims the Popular Resistance. “We have seized coalition and fighting on the ground.