I’ve mentioned in a previous column that I’ve been doing rehabilitation for my achilles’ tendon injury here in Qatar and promised to write more about this extraordinary place.

RUSSIA insisted that it would not back sanctions on Syria and accused the West of suffocating the Iranian economy as it warned against military intervention targeting either regime.

SYRIA yesterday ruled out any deployment of Arab troops, as proposed by Qatar, to halt 10 months of deadly unrest, as army defectors urged the UN Security Council to intervene.

Arab states became increasingly worried today about the worsening situation in Gaza following Israel's fuel cuts.

BITTER enmity between Iraq and Kuwait erupted in a vitriolic name-calling match yesterday at an Islamic summit meant to unite the voices of the world’s one billion Muslims against war.