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Kuwait government announces three-day holiday, 40-day mourning after passing of Amir.<\/p>\n

Kuwait Municipality said on Saturday that flags would be flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning for the late Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.<\/p>\n

Measures are being taken to lower the flags of all ministries, state agencies and main roads at half-mast, the municipality’s Spokesman Mohammad Al-Mutairi said in a press statement. The municipality’s teams are ready to check relevant arrangements during the mourning period, he added.<\/p>\n

The Amiri Diwan announced earlier on Saturday the passing away of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kuwait government announces three-day holiday, 40-day mourning after passing of Amir. Kuwait Municipality said on Saturday that flags would be flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning for the late Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Measures are being taken to lower the flags of all ministries, state agencies and main roads at half-mast, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":146103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18,7323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","category-the-amir-of-pardon-giving"],"yoast_head":"\nKuwait government announces three-day holiday, 40-day mourning after passing of Amir - TimesKuwait<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/kuwait-government-announces-three-day-holiday-40-day-mourning-after-passing-of-amir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kuwait government announces three-day holiday, 40-day mourning after passing of Amir - TimesKuwait\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kuwait government announces three-day holiday, 40-day mourning after passing of Amir. 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