QATAR | Page 3 SPORT | Page 8 Umm Qarn’s Majeed INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 3, 20 COMMENT 18, 19 DFI committed to ARAB WORLD 4 BUSINESS 1-12 races to creating a vibrant 16,644.97 9,847.36 32.98 INTERNATIONAL 5-16 CLASSIFIED 8 +159.98 -70.16 +2.58 ISLAM 17 SPORT 1-8 fi lm industry victory +0.97% -0.71% +0.83% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 FRIDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10010 February 26, 2016 Jumada I 17, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir visits jewellery show Syria faces In brief ‘crucial day’ ARAB WORLD | Humanitarian aid QRC opens projects for displaced Syrians Qatari Red Crescent (QRC) yesterday ahead of opened two relief projects for displaced Syrians in Bakain East and West in eastern Lebanon and also inspected the projects it carried out in the region. The QRC mission in Beirut, in a statement, said the first leg of the projects started ceasefi re with covering the road surfaces with “Thiophenol”, inspecting the AFP of Turkey’s security, then the ceasefi re thermal insulation project and the Beirut is not binding for us.” ‘Hope School’ in Homsi Camp in Turkey has shelled Kurdish forces in the town of Saad Nile where QRC northern Syria, saying the army was distributed winter family wear for he UN’s Syria envoy said the responding to incoming fi re. the Syrian refugees. The tour in the HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani visiting the Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition at the Doha Exhibition and war-battered country is facing a Ankara regards the main Kurdish town of Majdal Anjar concluded with Convention Centre yesterday. Page 20 T“crucial day” ahead of a deadline militia in Syria, the People’s Protection the opening of a Physical Therapy of midnight today for a partial truce Units (YPG), as an off shoot of the out- Centre and inspecting the breast brokered by Moscow and Washington. lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), cancer department in “Gherass Al President Bashar al-Assad’s regime which has waged a decades-long in- Kheir” Centre and the pharmacy, the and Syria’s top opposition grouping surgency against the Turkish state. statement added. have said they will abide by the cease- A YPG spokesman said yesterday fi re plan, but it has been plagued by that Kurdish forces would respect the doubts after the failure of previous ceasefi re but fi ght back if attacked. BUSINESS | Economy Prime Minister witnesses peace eff orts. “We will respect it, while retaining Qatar-UAE economic The deal - which excludes the Is- the right to retaliate... if we are at- lamic State (IS) militant group and tacked,” Redur Xelil said on his Face- ties strong: minister other extremists - marks the biggest book page. HE the Minister of Economy and diplomatic push yet to help end Syria’s Russia and the US are on oppos- Commerce Sheikh Ahmed bin fi eld parade in Zekreet violence. ing sides of the confl ict, with Moscow Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani “Tomorrow is going to be a very im- backing Assad and Washington sup- stressed the strength of economic QNA ers along with a number of families of movements while another group made portant, I will say a crucial day,” UN porting the opposition, but the two and commercial ties between Qatar Doha participants from Qatar and Kuwait. a simplifi ed explanation of an ambush envoy Staff an de Mistura told reporters powers have been making a concerted and the UAE during an address Before the start of the parade, Le- scenario which was executed later on at the UN’s European headquarters in push for the ceasefi re to be respected. he gave at the second Qatar-UAE khwiya Running and Silent Factions sand table in front of the Prime Minis- Geneva. Russian President Vladimir Putin Economic Forum, which kicked E the Prime Minister and Min- carried out a jump parade then a pres- ter and Minister of Interior. Members of the 17-nation group has promised to do “whatever is nec- off yesterday in Abu Dhabi. HE ister of Interior Sheikh Ab- entation of riot control devices was Commenting on the event, Kuwaiti backing Syria’s peace process are to essary” to have the ceasefi re imple- Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim said Hdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa made. military attache in Qatar, Colonel meet in Geneva today to work out fur- mented, although US President Barack bilateral ties were developing and al-Thani yesterday witnessed a fi eld HE the Prime Minister gave the Nasser Abdulaziz Samhan, praised the ther details of the agreement, which is Obama on Wednesday sounded a note growing thanks to the investments parade carried out by participants of starting signal for the parade, which atmosphere during which the parade then expected to be endorsed by the UN of caution. of government institutions and the Sixth Edition of “Thunder and began with a landing from the tower has been conducted, wishing the Qatari Security Council. “We are very cautious about raising the private sector, noting that Paratroopers” Session held in the In- by using ropes while other groups were security services all progress and pros- There are hopes a successful cease- expectations on this,” Obama said. trade exchange between the two ternal Security Force (Lekhwiya) fi elds stepping over obstacles and a helicop- perity. fi re will lead to the resumption of peace “If, over the next several weeks we countries amounted to QR 26.1bn in in Zekreet. ter carried out a scenario of throwing Colonel Nasser Abdulaziz hailed the talks that collapsed in Geneva earlier can see some lessening of the vio- 2015. The UAE is Qatar’s fifth biggest The parade was attended by the Min- explosives at one of the buildings. bilateral security relations between the this month. lence... then that provides a basis for a trade partner. Page 1 ister of State for Defence Aff airs, HE A group of Lekhwiya also enacted a State of Qatar and Kuwait, describing De Mistura said he will meet jour- longer-term ceasefi re... and allows us Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, a virtual scenario of storming a building, them as “excellent.” nalists around the time the ceasefi re is to move forward to a political transi- number of commanders and offi cers at while another group performed jumps He also highlighted the Kuwaiti of- due to take aff ect “to assess where we tion,” he said. ARAB WORLD | Solidarity the Qatari Armed Forces, the Ministry from their mechanisms. fi cers’ continuous participation in the are and indicate also the information Iran is also a supporter of Damascus, Kidnapping of Qataris of Interior, the Emiri Guard, Lekhwiya In the meantime, a group of trainees courses being organised by Lekhwiya regarding the resumption of Geneva and US Secretary of State John Kerry offi cers and non-commissioned offi c- carried out a self-defence show in mass and the Emiri Air and Naval Forces. talks.” said yesterday that Tehran had with- in Iraq condemned The agreement allows military ac- drawn a “signifi cant number” of its The First Conference of Speakers of tion to continue against IS, which elite Revolutionary Guards troops from the Arab Parliaments condemned seized control of large parts of Syria Syria. the abduction of innocent Qatari and Iraq in 2014, as well as against Al “Their presence is actually reduced citizens who had entered the Iraqi Qaeda-affi liated Al Nusra Front and in Syria,” Kerry told US lawmakers. territory legitimately and legally, other militant groups. The UN has managed to boost aid stressing full solidarity with the The complexities of Syria’s battle- ahead of the ceasefi re deadline and ex- Qatari government and support fi elds - where moderate rebels often pressed optimism yesterday of more all actions taken by it to secure fi ght alongside militant groups like deliveries. the release of its citizens and their Al Nusra - have cast serious doubt on Jan Egeland, a special adviser to De return safely to their homeland whether the ceasefi re eff ort will suc- Mistura, said yesterday that more than and their families. This came in ceed. 180 trucks fi lled with aid had reached the final statement of the two-day Turkey’s position towards Syr- six areas under siege from diff erent conference, which was concluded in ian Kurdish forces is another poten- sides in the past two weeks. Cairo yesterday. tial spoiler, and Turkish Prime Min- They have brought assistance to just ister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday under a quarter of the 480,000 people that Ankara would not be bound by estimated to be living in 17 besieged AMERICA | Lawsuit the ceasefi re if its national security is places across Syria. Apple opposes FBI bid threatened. Egeland said permission had been “It must be known that the ceasefi re requested to bring aid to besieged parts to unlock iPhone HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani witnessing the field parade. The is valid in Syria,” Davutoglu said in tel- of Aleppo, Homs and Eastern Ghouta, Apple Inc submitted a legal parade was attended among others by the Minister of State for Defence Aff airs, HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah. evised remarks. “When it is a question all hotspots in the country’s confl ict. brief yesterday opposing the US government’s attempt to force the technology company to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, one day before the filing deadline.