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5/3/2023 12:23:14 PM
Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days, the U.S. Navy said.
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4/28/2023 6:26:03 PM
Masked Iranian navy commandos conducted a helicopter-borne raid to seize a U.S.-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, footage aired by Iran's state television showed Friday.
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4/27/2023 3:27:40 PM
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, the US Navy said, in the latest such incident in the commercially vital seaway.
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4/16/2023 11:35:32 AM
Yemeni rebels and government forces freed scores of prisoners Sunday on the last of a three day exchange of nearly 900 detainees, boosting hopes of ending their protracted civil war.
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4/14/2023 12:06:21 AM
Talk of Syria returning to the Arab League is speculation as the reasons for its expulsion still exist, the prime minister of Qatar said Thursday.
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4/11/2023 6:57:00 PM
A UN spokesperson said late on Monday that talks between Saudi and Omani delegations and Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital Sana'a over the weekend were "a welcome step towards the de-escalation of tensions."
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4/11/2023 11:09:43 AM
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen said Monday his trip to the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa was aimed at reviving a cease-fire and re-starting political talks to end the nine-year conflict.
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4/9/2023 4:04:51 PM
Saudi officials were in Yemen's capital Sunday for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, officials said.
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4/8/2023 9:46:13 PM
Saudi Arabia on Saturday released over a dozen war prisoners to their rivals, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, a Houthi official said. The release came as Omani officials arrived in the Yemeni capital as part of international efforts to end Yemen’s years-long conflict.
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4/8/2023 9:00:12 PM
Omani mediators arrived in Yemen Saturday to discuss a new truce between the Iran-backed Huthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, an airport source said, amid renewed moves to end the conflict.
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3/2/2023 11:35:28 AM
The British navy seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran likely to Yemen, authorities said Thursday, the latest such seizure in the Gulf of Oman.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/28/2023 9:21:25 PM
By opening its airspace to Israeli flights, hosting Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and mediating between Tehran and Washington all at the same time, Oman is the meeting point for the region’s adversaries, writes Ahmed Mustafa
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2/20/2023 10:00:47 PM
Syrian President Bashar Assad visited the Gulf nation of Oman on Monday on his first official visit since the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake, his office said.
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2/11/2023 12:13:43 PM
The results of the visits of Hans Grundberg, the secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen, and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, to the region to revive the Yemeni consultations, extend a UN-sponsored truce and expand its provisions in Yemen, which is set to enter its ninth year of war, are not yet clear.
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2/2/2023 3:41:29 PM
French naval forces in January seized thousands of assault rifles, machine guns, and anti-tank missiles in the Gulf of Oman coming from Iran and heading to Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday.
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Sports
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1/19/2023 2:27:36 PM
One person was killed and dozens injured Thursday when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before the Gulf Cup final, officials said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/18/2023 8:02:00 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman highlighted the importance of enhancing joint Arab work to tackle the region's political, security, and economic challenges.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/17/2023 10:21:38 PM
Abu Dhabi is set to host a meeting on Wednesday between Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) leaders, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II, Oman News Agency reported.
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1/11/2023 12:10:13 PM
The U.S. Navy seized over 2,100 assault rifles from a ship in the Gulf of Oman it believes came from Iran and were bound for Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, a Navy spokesman said Tuesday. It was the latest capture of weapons allegedly heading to the Arab world's poorest country.
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12/31/2022 9:30:51 PM
Iran's military tested new attack drones in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz Saturday as part of its ongoing annual drill, state TV reported.
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