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OMAN 27/06/2018 Sultan Qaboos mulls fresh mediation effort Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, is understood to [...]
FRANCEOMAN 28/02/2018 Muscat's spymasters eye French materiel According to Intelligence Online's sources, a delegation from Oman's State Security Service is expected in Paris in the coming days. [...]
YEMENOMAN 23/11/2016 Yemen: Muscat talks a fool's game The collapse of the ceasefire that US Secretary of State John Kerry tried to broker in Yemen suits the various warring factions. [...]
FRANCEOMAN 06/01/2016 Paris takes its turn to court Muscat Ahmed bin Harith al-Nabhani, the chief-of-staff of Oman’s armed forces, received a warm welcome when he visited Paris in December. [...]
OMAN 08/07/2015 Dhofar could be next regional hot-spot A number of Western intelligence services are attentively tracking the Omani governorate of Dhofar for signs of a possible flare-up. [...]
IRANOMAN 10/12/2014 Qaboos’ right-hand man on the case In the five months that the Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said of Oman has been receiving medical care in Germany, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah has been holding the fort. [...]
OMAN 12/11/2014 Regional nerves over post-Qaboos Concerns are growing over the succession of the Sultan of Oman, who has been undergoing medical treatment in Germany for the past four months. [...]
FRANCEOMAN 16/04/2014 French industry sets sights on Oman Once the private hunting ground of British industry, Oman has turned into a platform for Western companies keen to do business in Iran. [...]
OMAN 25/04/2012 Qaboos' successors apparent show talent for business While his succession is ever present in their minds, the [...]
OMAN 09/11/2011 Qaboos' secret testament After the shock wave of the Arab Spring, Oman's leader, Sultan Qaboos bin Said has decided to deal with the [...]
SAUDI ARABIAOMAN 16/03/2011 Pro-Iranians out in Oman Popular unrest in the Sultanate of Oman provided an excuse to get rid of country's the pro-Tehran head of internal security. [...]
OMAN 27/08/2008 The Sultan Shakes Up Security Services Holding his post since an abortive plot against the throne in 2005, the chief of Muscat's Internal Security Service, Abdallah [...]
OMAN 19/05/2005 Split in Oman's Ibadite Community An investigation into four bomb attacks that have rocked Muscat since early this year has revealed a deep split in the Ibadite community, which is in majority in Oman. [...]
OMAN 11/03/2004 How Sultan Organizing his Succession The burning question for the sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, is clearly how to ensure the stability of his country of fewer than three million souls in a highly volatile region. [...]
