Kuwait- KUNA main news for Friday, Sept 8, 2017


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local: ====== KUWAIT -- The State of Kuwait expresses its resolve towards efforts to end the conflict between Qatar and the four GCC states plus Egypt, said a source at the Foreign Ministry Friday. (Issued at 08:37 a.m. local-time 05:37 GMT) KUWAIT -- Kuwait celebrates Saturday the third anniversary of the UN honoring of Kuwait as a global Humanitarian Center and His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as being a Humanitarian Leader in recognition of efforts in supporting charitable work for all needy people around the globe. (By Abdussalam Al-Sallat issued at 09:37 a.m. local-time 06:37 GMT) KUWAIT -- Kuwait, under His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's leadership, has steadily pursued a foreign policy based on regional and international solidarity, friendship, and humanitarian action, two UN officials said Friday. (By Bader Al-Sharhan issued at 09:06 a.m. local-time 05:06 GMT) International: ============= DOHA -- UN Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Ambassador Ahmad Al-Mraikhi has valued the humanitarian role undertaken by the State of Kuwait and His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to relieve victims of crises and catastrophes worldwide. (By Nawaf Al-Deqbasi 09:09 a.m. local-time 06:09 GMT) DOHA -- A senior official in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has commended Kuwait's "exceptional" humanitarian contributions, as well as the "distinguished" humanitarian record of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Arab and international levels. (By Nawaf Al-Deqbasi issued at 10:07 a.m. local-time 08:07 GMT) BEIRUT -- As Essam, a Syrian refugee, was waiting for his brother Mohammad to leave the operation theater, where doctors were treating a hearing impairment, he was next to do the same procedure. Haneen, their sister, underwent the same surgery and she was sitting next to her parents waiting for her brothers to finish. (By Ayoub Khaddaj issued at 09:14 a.m. local-time 06:14 GMT) ANKARA -- The Syrian refugees' diaries are full of tragedy and pain caused by the reality that is affecting hundreds of thousands of people who have been forcibly displaced from their country, which has been devastated by the ongoing war since 2011. (By Redha Sarda issued 10:02 a.m. local-time 08:02 GMT) Editor on Duty: Ahmad Al-Hamily, 08:00 - 14:00 (05:00 - 11:00 GMT) Tel: (00965) 22271840

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