Qatar: Among the pigeons.

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Silk embroidered fragment, unknown (Spain), c1000-25, fabric, Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar.

QATAR. Among the pigeons.

A gas-rich monarchy risks upsetting the region, again.

Israel on Monday released evidence Hamas was using a Qatari medical centre in Gaza for military operations. Benjamin Netanyahu's former national security adviser last week called for th…