My friends were skinned alive by Saddam’
IRAQ: THE LOOMING WAR
Kuwaiti businessman Alfajji once called Saddam his friend but now sees him as a dangerous fiend who must be
Author: Derwin Pereira
Disappointment and disbelief
IRAQ WAR
ARAB REACTION
Arabs say US troops may have won the battle for Baghdad but the war for hearts and minds in the
Inside Umm Qasr
IRAQ WAR
SPECIAL REPORT
Straits Times correspondent Derwin Pereira files from Iraqi territory. The first city to be taken by coalition forces is a
Jordan king blasts war to appease angry citizens
IRAQ WAR
THE ARAB RESPONSE
NEWS ANALYSIS
Washington sympathetic to ally's predicament, say analysts.
FACED with growing public anger over developments in Iraq, Jordan's King Abdullah
Saddam’s men in black’
IRAQ WAR
UNCONVENTIONAL FORCE
Spotted in Baghdad for first time: Saddam's men in black'
A DAY after Iraq threatened to resort to 'non-conventional' warfare, President
When target is right, I’ll blow up’
IRAQ WAR
HUMAN BOMBS: PT II
FOR a man intent on strapping a belt of dynamite to his waist and blowing himself up, Mohamed
Saddam’s suicide schools
SPECIAL REPORT
Straits Times correspondent Derwin Pereira, now in Amman, Jordan, speaks to Palestinian militants about Iraq's training camps for suicide bombers and
Matchbox’ that speaks volumes to 35m Arabs
IRAQ WAR
ARAB PERSPECTIVE
BASED in the emirate of Qatar, quite some distance south from where the war is exploding in Iraq, I found
Bitter jamu, sweet relief
I could see my reflection in the glass full of rust-colored liquid.
The scrawny-looking jamu gendong from the street-side cart who made the
Temasek weighing bid for 51% stake in Jakarta bank
It is cautious about $700m investment because of concerns over general political climate in Indonesia: Sources
THE Singapore Government's investment arm is exploring
KL played rough with Indonesia over islands
Indonesians dispute Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's account in their long-standing dispute over two islands. He claimed Malaysia was not aggressive the
Political parties still back Mega’s govt, says Akbar
Golkar chief throws his support behind the President, rejecting calls to oust her after protests over unpopular price hikes.
One of Indonesia's most