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Kuwait Fire Force team continues search, rescue operations in Turkiye

Istanbul: Kuwait's Fire Force Colonel Ayman Al-Mufareh, said Sunday that his team continues the search and rescue operations in the earthquake-affected sites and areas in Turkiye.Al-Mufareh said in a statement to KUNA that the rescue team searched a building for three hours with the latest search devices and equipment but did not find any survivors.Al-Mufareh also stated that the Kuwaiti rescue team works 24 hours a day, dividing the team into...

RABAT: Real Madrid's players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the FIFA Club World Cup final against Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium on Feb 11, 2023. - AFP

Real Madrid win Club World Cup for record fifth time

RABAT: Real Madrid lifted the Club World Cup for a record fifth time with a pulsating 5-3 win over Al Hilal on Saturday in Morocco. Vinicius Junior and Fede Valverde struck twice each, while Karim Benzema also scored on his return from injury in Madrid's spectacular victory over their Saudi Arabian opponents. Carlo Ancelotti's side, who qualified as Champions League winners last season, had far too much attacking quality for their opponents to...

Kuwaiti MP Khaled Al-Otaibi

Kuwaiti lawmakers to Arab parliament conf.: Achieving food security "vital"

CAIRO: Kuwait lawmakers affirmed, Saturday, the importance of achieving food security in the Arab world, saying that it was one of the most vital issues in the ever-shifting global affairs. Speaking at the Fifth Congress for Speakers of Arab Councils and Parliaments, organized by the Arab Parliament, Kuwaiti MP Khaled Al-Otaibi stressed that achieving food security was one of the major issues facing Arab countries.Al-Otaibi told the...

Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah heads to Egypt to partake in Al-Quds Conf.

Kuwait FM heads to Egypt to partake in Al-Quds Conf.

Kuwait: Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah departed for Egypt, to head Kuwait's delegation to the Arab League's Al-Quds Conference 2023 on Sunday February 12.

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Lewandowski has brought winning mentality to Barca: Xavi

Barcelona: Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez hailed striker Robert Lewandowski for helping change the mindset at the club.The Catalans are eight points clear of rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga and beat Los Blancos in Saudi Arabia to win the Spanish Super Cup in January.Last season, Barcelona failed to win a trophy but the mood changed in the summer when the club brought in several players, including former Bayern Munich striker...

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WHO chief arrives in Syria's quake-hit Aleppo

Aleppo: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in Syria's quake-stricken city of Aleppo, state media reported.Tedros "arrived at Aleppo airport to tour some hospitals and shelters with (Syria's) health minister and the governor of Aleppo", the official news agency SANA said.His visit came five days after a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, killing more than 24,000 people...

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Kuwait launches fundraising campaign for Syria, Turkiye

Kuwait: The "Kuwait by your side" campaign to help people affected by the earthquake in Syria and Turkiye kicked off on Saturday with live stream on KTV.The campaign will receive donations from 12 pm today until midnight.The campaign, organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior, is tasked by the Cabinet to collect donations as part of Kuwait's continuous...

Syrian soldiers look on as Emirati rescuers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the Syrian capital, on February 10, 2023.

Insulated from war, quake brings 'first catastrophe' to Syria city

Jableh: Syria's coastal city of Jableh, a regime heartland, was largely spared the worst of war but a massive quake has now joined it in misery with the rest of the battle-scarred country.With flattened buildings, civilians trapped under rubble and residents forced to flee their homes, Jableh is no longer sheltered from the kind of devastation that has long plagued neighbouring regions."It's the first catastrophe of its kind in Jableh," said...

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Kurdish militants halt 'operations' after Turkey quake

Istanbul: Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to ease recovery work in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara and its Western allies for waging a brutal insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984.Ankara is also trying to ban a top...

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Syrian gov't to allow relief aid to areas out of jurisdiction

Amman: The Syrian government announced on Friday that it would allow the access of relief aid to areas affected by the terrible earthquake last Monday, which were out of its jurisdiction.According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), this decision came during a cabinet meeting for the Syrian government.The Syrian cabinet noted that International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with the UN and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC)...

KRCS's chairman Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer

Kuwait's KRCS signs USD 5 mln cooperation deal to help Syria

Kuwait: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) signed on Friday a USD five million international cooperation deal to help those affected by the catastrophic earthquake hitting northern Syria.Speaking to KUNA, KRCS's chairman Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer revealed that the deal was signed in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Qatar Red Crescent...

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Syrian gov't: Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama "disaster areas"

Amman: Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama -- heavily affected by Monday's powerful earthquake -- are considered disaster areas, announced the Syrian government on Friday.According to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Syrian cabinet indicated that the affected regions were to be treated as disaster areas and fall under such jurisdiction.SANA also noted that the national seismological center had recorded at 11:17 am local-time a tremor of...

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