RABIA ALAWWAL 29, 1442 AH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020 16 Pages Max 26º Min 17º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18283 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait bankruptcy law gives Biden’s possible India links Bethlehem ‘Corona Sandwich’ Liverpool’s Salah tests 3 hope to struggling businesses 6 spark genealogical frenzy 13 eases bite of tourism loss 16 positive for COVID-19 Clashes in Western Sahara despite calls for restraint Kuwait supports Morocco measures • Polisario says ceasefire over RABAT: The pro-independence Polisario Front yes- Kuwait supports measures taken by Morocco to terday reported clashes in the Western Sahara after ensure the smooth flow of goods and individuals in a Morocco launched an operation in the buffer zone in normal and unimpeded manner in the Guerguerat the disputed territory, as the UN led calls for buffer zone between Morocco and Mauritania, the restraint. Tensions in the former Spanish colony have Kuwaiti foreign ministry said yesterday. In a press sparked concern around the globe, with the United statement, the ministry renewed Kuwait’s firm and Nations, the African Union, Algeria and Mauritania principled position in support of Morocco’s sover- urging both sides to respect a 1991 ceasefire. eignty and territorial integrity, expressing its rejec- But senior Polisario official Mohamed Salem Ould tion of any actions or practices that may affect traffic Salek said yesterday that the ceasefire supervised by in this area. It called for restraint and a commitment the United Nations is a “thing of the past”. “Fighting to dialogue and a peaceful solution, in accordance is continuing...in Guerguerat,” Ould Salek, a foreign with international law. minister of the Polisario-declared Sahrawi Arab Late Friday the SADR defense ministry said Democratic Republic (SADR), told AFP. SADR Sahrawi forces had carried out “massive attacks” President and Polisario Secretary-General Brahim during the afternoon at multiple points along Ghali said he had “declared war” on Friday and Morocco’s 2,700 km long defensive wall. It said they announced “the resumption of armed actions in order had inflicted “human and material damage on the to protect the inalienable rights of our people”. enemy”. The claim was denied in Rabat by a “well On Friday, Morocco announced that its troops informed source” which said that Morocco’s army launched a military operation in the buffer zone of chief of staff and the UN’s MINURSO mission did Guerguerat in order to reopen the highway to not report any attacks. Mauritania, accusing the Polisario of blocking the Morocco’s military, later Friday, said it had road. Dozens of truck drivers have been stranded for secured the Guerguerat crossing between Morocco days at Guerguerat, the last Moroccan-held stop and Mauritania by installing “a security cordon” GUERGUERAT: A handout picture published by the Royal Moroccan Army Facebook page on Friday shows tents before the road enters the buffer zone along the bor- along its desert wall. The unrest in Western Sahara used by the Polisario Front ablaze near the Mauritanian border in Western Sahara after the intervention of the der where the Polisario has kept a periodic presence. has sparked concern around the world. Moroccan armed forces. — AFP The road is key for trade with the rest of Africa. Continued on Page 2 Egypt finds Israelis killed over 100 Qaeda no. 2 sarcophagi in Iran: NYT SAQQARA, Egypt: Egypt announced yesterday the discovery of an ancient treasure trove of more TEHRAN: Iran yester- than a 100 intact sarcophagi, dating back more than day dismissed a US 2,500 years ago, the largest such find this year. The newspaper report that sealed wooden coffins, unveiled on site amid much Al-Qaeda’s second-in- fanfare, belonged to top officials of the Late Period command was killed in and the Ptolemaic period of ancient Egypt. They Tehran by Israeli agents were found in three burial shafts at depths of 12 m as “made-up informa- in the sweeping Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo. tion” and denied the Archaeologists opened one coffin to reveal a presence of any of the mummy wrapped in a burial shroud adorned SAQQARA: Statues and funerary masks are on display during the unveiling of an ancient treasure trove of more militant group’s members Continued on Page 2 than a 100 intact sarcophagi at the Saqqara necropolis yesterday. — AFP in the Islamic republic. The New York Times Abdullah Abdullah said Abdullah Ahmad from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the govern- respite for more than eight million people living in Abdullah, indicted in the United States for 1998 Vietnam braces ment’s weather agency said yesterday. central Vietnam,” said Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu, bombings of its embassies in Tanzania and “This is a very strong typhoon,” Prime Minister Vietnam Red Cross Society President. “Each time Kenya, was secretly shot and killed in Tehran by Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, warning provinces in they start rebuilding their lives and livelihoods, they Israeli operatives on a motorcycle at as typhoon kills Vamco’s projected path to prepare for its impact. are pummeled by yet another storm.” Washington’s behest. The provinces planned to evacuate 468,000 people In the Philippines, coastguard and disaster The senior Al-Qaeda leader, whose nom de 53 in Philippines by the end of yesterday, state media cited the gov- agencies scrambled yesterday to rescue thou- guerre was Abu Muhammad Al-Masri, was killed ernment’s disaster management authority as saying. sands in a northern province after the 21st along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of HANOI/MANILA: Vietnam was bracing for Vietnam is prone to destructive storms and cyclone to hit the Philippines this year tore Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza, the Times Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country’s flooding due to its long coastline. Vamco will be the through the main island of Luzon late on reported Friday, citing intelligence sources. The central coast early today, as the death toll in the 13th storm that affects the Southeast Asian country Wednesday and early Thursday. Vamco has killed attack took place on Aug 7 on the anniversary of this year, where more than 160 people have been at least 53 people, injured 52 and left 22 missing the Africa bombings, according to the paper. Al- Philippines rose to 53 from that country’s deadliest storm this year. Packing winds of up to 165 kph, killed in natural disasters triggered by a series of in the Philippines, according to the Philippines Qaeda has not announced his death, Iranian offi- storms since early October. “There has been no police and army. — Reuters cials have covered it up and no government has Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam’s coast publicly claimed responsibility, the Times said. Iran’s foes, the United States and Israel, “try Rightwing militia groups such as to shift the responsibility for the criminal acts of the Proud Boys also planned to hold (Al-Qaeda) and other terrorist groups in the Trump loyalists rallies, prompting a large security region and link Iran to such groups with lies and presence in the capital to prevent by leaking made-up information to the media”, gather claiming Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed clashes with separate anti-Trump Khatibzadeh said in a statement. Khatibzadeh events that were scheduled outside accused the US itself and “its allies in the election fraud the Supreme Court. region” of having created Al-Qaeda through “The whole system’s rigged... in the their “wrong policies” and advised US media to WASHINGTON: Donald Trump way that the information is getting to “not fall into the trap of American and Zionist supporters rallied in Washington the people, it’s filtered through these officials’ Hollywood scenarios”. yesterday to push the discredited channels that makes it so that the American intelligence officials told the Times theory that fraud denied him rightful truth never actually gets out,” said that Abdullah had been in Iran’s “custody” since victory in the election, as further marcher Darion Schaublin, 26, who 2003, but he had been living freely in the results cemented the president’s drove to Washington from Columbus, Pasdaran district of Tehran, an upscale suburb, defeat. Trump expressed his thanks Ohio. “There is a good chance... he is since at least 2015. On Aug 7, he was driving a and added he might “stop by and say not going to have a second term - and white Renault L90 sedan with his daughter near hello” at rallies held under the ban- I’m not sure of the legitimacy of that.” ners of “Stop The Steal”, “Million The final two undeclared states his home when two gunmen on a motorbike WASHINGTON: The motorcade of US President Donald Trump drives past supporters MAGA March” and “Women for were called on Friday by US television Continued on Page 2 holding a rally yesterday. — AFP America First”. Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Sunday, November 15, 2020 Local Amiri envoy offers condolences on late Bahraini prime minister Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bahrain mourns late official MANAMA: Envoy of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah conveys condolences to the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. — KUNA MANAMA: Envoy of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on the passing of the Salman Al Khalifa. Speaking to reporters, the Kuwait. The late Bahraini prime minister’s legacy Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness late Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.