Page 9 - Al-Rashed Newsletter December 2021

KUWAIT & IRAQ
KUWAIT NEWS

Iraq confirms paying final reparations for invasion of Kuwait
Iraq has paid its last war reparations to Kuwait more than 30 years
since the invasion of the Gulf country by former autocrat Saddam
Hussein, officials said yesterday. On August 2, 1990, Hussein
ordered his army to invade Kuwait and seize what he described as
“Iraq’s 19th province”, before being pushed back seven months later
by a US-led coalition.
“Iraq has closed the file of the Kuwait war reparations, having paid the
last of its dues,” Mozher Saleh, the prime minister’s economic advisor,
was quoted as saying by the official Iraqi News Agency. In total, Iraq
has paid $52.4 billion in reparations, he said.
Funds for the reparations come from a five percent tax levied on sales
of Iraq’s petroleum and petroleum products. The compensation is
distributed by a UN agency to claimants who suffered losses or
damages as a result of the invasion.

COVID-19 vaccine booster compulsory for travellers
Kuwait has made COVID-19 vaccine booster shot compulsory for
citizens who have completed nine months after receiving the second
dose if they wish to travel.
The Kuwait Civil Aviation authority on Thursday announced that country
will no longer consider persons, who have received their second dose of
an approved COVID-19 vaccine more than nine months ago, as fully
vaccinated unless they have received a booster shot.
Kuwait also requires incoming travellers to quarantine at home for 10
days unless they receive a negative PCR test for the coronavirus within
72 hours of their arrival.
Effective from December 26, all travellers entering the country must
undergo a 10-day quarantine. All persons arriving in Kuwait must
provide a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of arrival.

IRAQ NEWS

“YOUR TIME IS LIMITED,
SO DON’T WASTE IT
IDC starts Drilling in Mishrif Reservoir
LIVING SOMEONE ELSE’S The Iraqi Drilling Company (IDC) has started drilling a well "Ammara 19"
LIFE. DON’T BE TRAPPED at Missan Oil Company (MOC)'s Amara field, within the Mishrif
BY DOGMA – WHICH IS reservoir.
LIVING WITH THE IDC's Director-General, Bassim Abdul Kareem, said the drilling
operations were carried out using the 2000-HP drilling rig "IDC 23".
Source: iraq-businessnews.com, Arabtimes.com ,Kuwaittimes.com, Gulfnews.com
RESULTS OF OTHER
The planned depth of the well is 3,290 meters.
PEOPLE’S THINKING."-
STEVE JOBS