Dubai (AFP) – When US and Iranian negotiators meet in Oman on Saturday they will be just the latest to turn to crisis mediation in the Gulf Arab states, whose wealthy rulers are increasingly ...

Oman has intensified its campaign to combat drug trafficking and announced the establishment of a special anti-drug squad, reported the Gulf News Monday. The paper said that drug trafficking has ...

‘Omanibalancing’ in an unsettled Mideast Oman, home to 5.2 million people across an arid country just larger than Italy, stands out among the Gulf Arab states. Its oil and gas wealth is ...

Once again, some of the highest stakes in Middle East geopolitics will be discussed in this quiet coastal city without skyscrapers. Here in Muscat, the capital of Oman nestled ...