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Royal Amnesty in Kuwait Caps Reconciliation Efforts

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (AP file photo)
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (AP file photo)
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Royal Amnesty in Kuwait Caps Reconciliation Efforts

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (AP file photo)
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (AP file photo)

The Kuwaiti government approved during its extraordinary meeting the necessary draft decrees to grant amnesty to indicted Kuwaitis, including those accused of storming the National Assembly in 2011.

The draft decree will be submitted to Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

“The Council of Ministers approved the necessary draft decrees which will be referred to the Amir,” the Cabinet statement said.

It added that the Emir used his constitutional right to grant amnesty to the “indicted sons of Kuwait.”

“Under the Sovereign instructions, the Cabinet approved the necessary draft decrees, which will be tendered to the Emir for final endorsement under Article 75 of the Constitution, according to a statement released by the Cabinet following its extraordinary session,” reported the KUNA official news agency.

The decree will help in ending the political dispute with the parliamentary opposition. It will be issued Monday and will be effective immediately.

Informed sources stated that the amnesty includes 67 lawmakers and activists living in exile in Turkey, including parliamentarian Musallam al-Barrak. It also includes former deputies sentenced to prison in 2017 and seven members affiliated with the Abdali cell arrested on August 13, 2015.

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Qatar Pledges Aid for Gaza as More Trucks Cross into the Territory

This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows an afternoon view of destroyed buildings in Gaza, on January 20, 2025, following a ceasefire deal a day earlier between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows an afternoon view of destroyed buildings in Gaza, on January 20, 2025, following a ceasefire deal a day earlier between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
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Qatar Pledges Aid for Gaza as More Trucks Cross into the Territory

This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows an afternoon view of destroyed buildings in Gaza, on January 20, 2025, following a ceasefire deal a day earlier between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)
This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows an afternoon view of destroyed buildings in Gaza, on January 20, 2025, following a ceasefire deal a day earlier between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. (AFP)

Qatar on Monday announced plans to supply post-ceasefire Gaza with resources via a “land bridge” at Kerem Shalom, on the border between Egypt, Israel and the coastal Palestinian enclave.

After sending 25 fuel trucks to Gaza on Monday, Qatar plans to supply Gaza with 3.3 million gallons (12.5 million liters) of fuel over the next 10 days, its Foreign Ministry said. The fuel is intended to provide basic services and power hospitals and shelters.

Over the course of the 16-month war, the majority of aid has crossed into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom crossing, although it has intermittently closed amid disagreements over what kind of aid can be allowed into the strip. Israel previously restricted entry of some equipment, arguing it could be used for military purposes by Hamas.

Allowing more aid into Gaza is a central tenet of the ceasefire deal’s first phase and will be key to later reconstruction efforts. The deal allows for hundreds of trucks — more than Israel has previously allowed — to deliver aid to Gaza.

Egypt’s state-run press center said Monday that at least 300 aid trucks entered Kerem Shalom and the Nitzana crossing to the south since the ceasefire took effect, as well as 12 diesel trucks and four gas trucks.

However, some of those trucks have carried food aid labeled for UNRWA, the UN agency that Israel has vowed to ban from operating even as it remains the primary distributor of aid in Gaza.

Truck drivers told The Associated Press that throughout the war, vehicles have been turned back for minor bureaucratic infractions or not having aid properly packaged or wrapped.

“If items are approved, we unload them and head back to Egypt ... Some trucks have to drive all the way back with packages they left with that contain expired food aid or that the driver’s or truck information is not listed correctly,” driver Hamdy Emad said.