ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 2 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Ministry stops Qatar Rail unveils Qatar outwit promotion architectural Japan to reach campaign of six opportunities for President’s outlets. Metro stations. Cup final. MONDAY 17 AUGUST 2015 • 2 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6525 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Labour City ready to Syria regime strike kills 82 BEIRUT: Syrian government warplanes bombed a market in a rebel-held town outside house 50,000 workers Damascus yesterday, killing at least 82 people in one of the bloodiest regime attacks in the Facility has mega medical centre and a police station country’s war. The series of strikes on the DOHA: The Gulf region’s larg- town of Douma overwhelmed est and most modern com- makeshift clinics, with bodies plex of labour camps, Labour lying side-by-side on a bloodied City, located in the Industrial floor as medics struggled to treat Area here, which can accom- waves of wounded. modate tens of thousands of The head of the Syrian opposi- workers is ready for renting tion National Coalition, Khaled out its premises to interested Khoja, called the attacks as “mas- companies. sacre” and pledged they “will not The City, spread over an area go unpunished”. of more than a million square The deaths came as the UN’s metres, consists of 64 buildings, new humanitarian chief visited each with four floors. Syria for the first time since his Each building has rooms that appointment in May. Syrian emergency personnel carry a wounded man following air strikes by can together accommodate 780 The Syrian Observatory for Syrian government forces on a marketplace in Douma, east of the capital workers. In all, the labour accom- Human Rights, a Britain-based Damascus, yesterday. modations are meant for 50,000 monitoring group, said regime workers. warplanes had carried out at town in the opposition bastion of Eastern Ghouta, saying its heavy Workers relax on a lawn at the Labour City in Industrial Area. The City has a cinema, enter- least 10 strikes on Douma, most Eastern Ghouta. aerial bombardment of the area tainment centres, a huge audi- of them hitting a marketplace. In one makeshift clinic, whole was compounding the misery cre- torium for community events, companies that are interested in Labour City project. It said that at least 250 peo- sections of floor were covered ated by the blockade. commercial complexes, restau- taking premises on rent to house The 64 buildings are actually ple were wounded, with civilians with rows of the dead, as volun- The group also accused rebels rants and even sports facilities their workers to come forward grouped into four major sub-com- accounting for most of the dead, teers worked to wrap each victim in the area of war crimes for fir- like stadiums for volleyball, foot- and apply,” said Al Sharq. plexes, each with 16 buildings. and the toll could rise further in a white shroud. ing rockets indiscriminately at ball and cricket, among other Known as Barwa Al Baraha, Besides, there are plans to build because many of the injured were Frantic residents brought in the capital. Yesterday’s strikes sports. the project is built by state-backed other blocks within the City that in a serious condition. the injured, who were treated on on Douma came as new United Besides, there will be a police Barwa Real Estate Company. It is would accommodate senior staff Observatory director Rami chairs, beds and the floor if neces- Nations humanitarian chief station and a branch within the the largest development project of companies that hire space for Abdel Rahman said locals had sary as the clinic overflowed with Stephen O’Brien held talks with City to help maintain law and ever built in the country to house the purpose on rent. gathered after a first strike hit patients. Two young boys sat on government officials in Damascus order and ensure workers’ safety workers. A huge complex that would the market to help evacuate the a stretcher with blood drying on his first trip to Syria since and security. These are modern living quar- house at least 49 used car show- wounded when more attacks on their faces as they awaited being appointed. The City also boasts green ters offering a higher standard rooms, is also to come up in the came. treatment, one resting as though O’Brien met Foreign Minister space spread over an area of of living for those with low City. Obviously, these showrooms At least six raids hit the mar- exhausted while the other cried. Walid Muallem and expressed a 32,500 square metres and a mega income. “It is the biggest and will be on the ground floor. There ket, with the others striking Eastern Ghouta is the regular willingness to work with the gov- medical centre which will have most modern labour camp built will be two more floors above nearby in the centre of town, target of government air strikes ernment to alleviate humanitar- specialist doctors as well as an in the entire Gulf region,” said them to house administrative Abdel Rahman said, confirming and has been under siege for ian suffering, state media said. emergency unit. the daily. offices. that the attack was among the nearly two years, with regime Close to 12 million people have Within the City there would The project has been developed The Labour City is all set to bloodiest regime strikes in Syria’s forces tightening the blockade been uprooted by Syria’s con- also be additional accommodation in two phases. The first phase be a model accommodation in the conflict. since the start of 2015. flict, with more than four million for 10,000 senior workers. consisted of truck and vehicle entire region with star ameni- An AFP photographer in Amnesty International earlier becoming refugees and another “The supervisory authority for parking area and basic facilities. ties for migrant workers, said Douma described the attack as in the week accused the govern- 7.6 million internally displaced. the Labour City has begun asking The second phase comprises the the daily. THE PENINSULA the worst he had covered in the ment of committing war crimes in AFP Maliki faulted Plane with 54 on board for fall of Mosul BAGHDAD: An Iraqi parlia- crashes in Indonesia mentary investigation found ex- premier Nouri Al Maliki and 35 JAYAPURA, INDONESIA: later said local residents had others responsible for militants The wreckage of a passenger found the wreckage. overrunning second city Mosul, plane which went missing with “The plane has been found in a report being sent for possi- 54 people aboard in rugged (by villagers). According to resi- ble legal action, lawmakers said eastern Indonesia yesterday has dents, the flight had crashed into yesterday. been found by villagers, an offi- a mountain,” said the Transport While various top command- cial said, with rescuers expected Ministry’s Director-General of ers and political leaders have to head to the crash site. Air Transportation, Suprasetyo, long been viewed as responsi- The plane operated by who goes by one name. ble for the Islamic State (IS) Indonesian carrier Trigana Air Officials were still verifying the group’s disastrous takeover of the lost contact with air traffic con- information from local residents, city, the report is the first time trol just before 3pm (0600 GMT) he said. There was no information they have been named officially. after taking off from Jayapura, about whether anyone may have Investigative committee member the capital of Papua province, the survived. MP Abdulrahim Al Shammari search and rescue agency said. Search and rescue teams, police said that Maliki, who was prime The ATR 42-300 twin-turbo- and the military would head to minister from 2006 until last year, prop plane was carrying 44 adult the site as soon as possible today, was among those named, as did Minister of Information and Communications Technology H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber (left), Chairman of Vodafone passengers, five children and five said Transport Ministry spokes- another member who declined to Qatar Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Al Thani (right), and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi at the launch of London Edition. crew on the flight which was man J A Barata. be identified. AFP scheduled to take about 45 min- After the plane failed to land, See also page 7 utes, it said. Trigana Air sent another flight But the plane disappeared over the area to hunt for it but Syrian refugees Vodafone launches luxury mobile plan about 10 minutes before reach- the aircraft failed to spot any- ing its destination Oksibil, a thing due to bad weather. DOHA: Vodafone Qatar Chairman of Vodafone Qatar, use while in the UK and abroad remote settlement in the moun- Captain Beni Sumaryanto, board Greek ship unveiled details of its world’s said, “We at Vodafone are proud — Vodafone now makes it easy for tains south of Jayapura, shortly Trigana Air’s Service Director of first luxury telecoms plan — to leverage our local and global them to manage their international after it asked permission to start Operations, told AFP that Oksibil KOS, GREECE: Hundreds of London Edition — in London, expertise to launch this first of numbers with one single worry- descending to land. was “a mountainous area where Syrian refugees on the Greek in an exclusive event held at the a kind innovation making it the free plan that is payable through a Officials said initially that vil- the weather is very unpredictable. island of Kos boarded a pas- world famous Harrods store.