ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Residents urged Debt woes to Special Olympics to get their keep Greek banks World Games home number in freeze; new begin; 28 from plates installed. talks begin today. Qatar to take part. MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 • 11 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6504 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Property deals Emir receives message from Rowhani Nato emergency meeting to review value triples Turkey’s security BRUSSELS: Nato Security General Jens Stoltenberg has called an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss security at the request of in five years Turkey after last week’s suicide bombing there and Turkish security operations against Islamic State (IS) and PKK Kurdish militants. In a statement yesterday, Nato said the North Number of transactions drops Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 Nato allies, would meet following a request DOHA: The combined value of has been remaining flat for the by Turkey to hold consultations under Article 4 of Qatar’s real estate transactions past three years. If you compare Nato’s founding Washington Treaty. hit QR36bn for the first six the total number of deals struck “Turkey requested the meeting in view of the months of the year, up 48 per- in first half of 2015 with 2011, you seriousness of the situation after the heinous ter- cent from a year ago. could see the number has fallen to rorist attacks in recent days, and to inform allies This is against an 18 percent 3,050 from 3,279.” of the measures it is taking,” Nato said, adding year-on-year increase for the first Al Arouqi said the value of land “Nato allies follow developments closely and stand half of 2014, when the combined meant for villas and residential in solidarity with Turkey.” value stood at QR24.4bn. complexes in prime locations has Meanwhile, the Turkish military launched new According to market analysts, gone up significantly over the air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq the value of real estate transac- past two years. as part of a two-pronged “anti-terror” cross-border tions has almost tripled during For instance, land prices at offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists and the past five years. places like Central Doha and Al Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants after a However, there is a significant Rayyan have recorded an increase wave of violence in the country. Turkish F-16s took drop in the number of transac- of about 30 to 35 percent. And off from Diyarbakir in the southeast and headed tions during 2011-2015. Dafna, West Bay and the Pearl- towards the PKK’s rear bases in Mount Kandil. A comparative analysis of the Qatar witnessed a rise between “At around 9pm , Turkish planes started bombing market performance for the first 40 and 50 percent. The surge in some of our positions in two areas” north of Dohuk six months of past five years show the prices is comparatively mod- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a written message from Iranian and north of Arbil, PKK spokesman Bakhtiar Dogan a significant increase in the com- erate in places like Al Shamal and in Iraq said. The White House backed Turkey’s right President Hassan Rowhani on ways of enhancing relations. It was handed over by Iranian bined value of transactions, but a South Doha and in the munici- to bomb the PKK the US categorises as a terror group. Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif at Al Bahr Palace. Dr Zarif briefed the Emir on sharp fall in the number. palities like Al Dhayeen, Umm AGENCIES For instance, when the first Salal and Al Wakra. the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group in Vienna. half of 2015 witnessed a 48 per- The value of land ideal for cent jump in the combined value developing multi-storey residen- of transactions year-on-year, tial buildings has jumped between the total number of transactions 70 and 80 percent over the past declined to 3,050, from 4,503 two years because of the guaran- Kana’ad fishing banned for 3 months struck during the same period a tee of very high returns for inves- year ago. tors from similar properties, he DOHA: The Ministry of of the ministry’s commitment to species, will also be banned. Anyone found violating the ban The total number of deals is said. Environment has imposed preserve the country’s marine However, individuals and enti- will be arrested and produced down by seven percent in the However, the value of plots a temporary ban on fishing wealth and comply with the GCC ties licensed to catch the fish for before public prosecutor. first half of 2015 compared to the found ideal for developing mixed- Kana’ad (a species of Kingfish) Agricultural Committee’s unified research will be allowed to do so The inspectors have been given deals struck during the first half use properties has hit a record in Qatari waters for two months decision to ban fishing Kana’ad. during the ban. special training to identify pos- of 2011. high. It has skyrocketed by 80 to beginning August 15. The temporary ban continues A special group of inspectors sible violators. Ahmed Al Arouqi, General 100 percent in two years, espe- The first-of-its-kind ban in until October 15. has been tasked to monitor fish- Awareness will also be created Manager, ROOTS Real Estate, cially after the civic authorities Qatar was announced through During the ban, fishermen will ermen, with the support of Coast among fishermen and boat own- said: “Qatar’s real estate market developing new streets leading the ministerial decision 55/2015 not be allowed to catch Kana’ad guards from August 15 to ensure ers about the ban to prevent them has grown manifold over the past to these potential land plots, Al to preserve the large migratory with nets, transport or trade it. there is no violation of the ban. from fishing Kana’ad during the five years in terms of value. Arouqi added. species during its breeding time. Sale of the encircled net called They will check fishermen’s period. “But the total number of deals THE PENINSULA The ban is implemented as part ‘Halaaq’, a special net to fish this boats and nets. THE PENINSULA Yemen rebel leader rejects coalition ceasefire SANA’A: Yemen’s Shia Houthi Head, Supreme Revolutionary a ceasefire to take effect at persons in the major city of Taiz. Four months of air raids and rebels rejected a ceasefire Committee said the group would 11.59pm yesterday for five days to Yesterday, Yemeni forces allied war have killed more than 3,500 declared by the Saudi-led coali- not declare a positive or negative allow for the delivery of humani- with the coalition fought Houthis people in the country. Aden has tion waging an air war against stance towards the ceasefire until tarian aid. for control of the country’s largest suffered especially, with severe them, according to a message the United Nations formally noti- The Houthi movement accuses air base north of Aden, residents shortages of fuel, food and posted on Twitter yesterday. fied them of it. its Saudi-supported foes of being said, hours before the truce was medicine. The truce proposed by the “The battle goes on and the in cahoots with Islamist militants to start. Houthis and army units loyal “Saudi aggressor” aims to ena- war is not over,” Al Houthi said, like Al Qaeda, which the coalition Al Anad base, 50km from the to former president Ali Abdullah ble pro-government fighters to adding it would benefit only mili- denies. major southern port city, has been Saleh captured Aden at the outset regroup, rebel leader Abdulmalik tant groups Islamic State and Al Houthi forces also held up 16 held by the Iranian-allied Houthis of the war, prompting Hadi to flee Qatari sports Al Houthi was quoted as saying Qaeda. trucks carrying humanitarian for much of a fourth-month-old to Saudi Arabia. The Arab coali- on a Twitter account believed to A Saudi-led Arab coalition aid from World Food Programme civil war, and is regarded as a tion, allied with southern seces- be managed by his group. fighting the Houthi militia since through Yemen’s Al Hudaydah strategic asset commanding the sionist fighters, retook much of commentator Mohammed Ali Al Houthi, March 26 announced on Saturday province to support displaced approaches to Aden. Aden last week. AGENCIES Al Lanjawi dies Israeli police enter Al Aqsa compound DOHA: Qatari sport commen- tator Mohamed Al Lanjawi (pictured) died yesterday Assad admits military setbacks after a prolonged illness, Al Sharq website reports. He was BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad yesterday said the a sport commentator, actor and army had been forced to give up areas to hold onto more important broadcaster, was known for his ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the character ‘Baba Lanja’ as broad- military faced a manpower shortage. caster in children’s programmes In a frank assessment of the strains afflicting the military after as well as plays for children, more than four years of conflict, Assad said the type of war confronting including Cinderella and Birds of Syria meant the army could not fight everywhere for risk of losing vital the Forest (2010) and A Journey ground. “Sometimes, in some circumstances, we are forced to give up to Treasure.