For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world’s most important trade routes.

President Pezeshkian reaffirmed Iran’s deep respect for all regional countries and stability in the West Asia region, warning that any attack launched from US military bases deployed in the region against Iran would be ‘unacceptable’ under any ...

Writing in The Economist, Badr Albusaidi said the US had “lost control of its own foreign policy” and was drawn into the conflict despite a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Albusaidi said Iran and the US were close to an agreement during nuclear talks held in Geneva in February.

The widening conflict between Iran, the United States and Israel has now reached one of the Gulf’s most strategically important maritime hubs. On Marc.

The international airport in Muscat, the Omani capital, has remained open while fighting in the region has escalated. By Turki Al-Balushi and Ismaeel Naar Turki Al-Balushi reported from Muscat, Oman, and Ismaeel Naar reported from Dubai, the United Arab ...

Oman’s average inflation rate came to 1.7 percent year-on-year in the first two months of 2026, official data shows. Inflation rose to 1.4 percent in January after averaging below 1 percent last year.

Volumes of strategic analyses, news reports, policy papers, and situation assessments produced by media institutions, think tanks, and academic research units—particularly across the ME and North Africa—addressed various dimensions of the US–Israeli war on Iran and its direct and indirect repercussions on geopolitics,

Oman’s FM Badr Albusaidi calls the Iran war a US miscalculation, urges allies to help exit the conflict, warning of prolonged war, economic fallout, and need for renewed diplomacy.

Oman called for a return to diplomacy between Iran and the US. Omani Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr al-Busaidi contradicted the view that Iran was an “imminent threat”. Iranian airstrikes on Gulf states could widen the war. Omani Minister of Foreign ...

President Biden spoke over the phone with the sultan of Oman on Friday to discuss regional cooperation amid the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the White House said. Biden and Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said discussed the “importance of sustained humanitarian ...

President Trump said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday that he did not anticipate Iran would retaliate against U.S. assets in countries like Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the UAE, and Oman.