Muscat

October 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas has moved its command centers into Gazan schools

In the last two months of the war, the IDF has carried out strikes on almost twenty Hamas command and control centers located in schools.

October 2, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 2, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Iran Strikes Israel with Ballistic Missiles; IDF: ‘We Will React When and Where We Decide’ | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Targeted Strikes on Tuesday | More Than 150 Terrorist...

September 23, 2024 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated

In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to...

July 17, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

The Islamic State claims responsibility for Omani Shia mosque attack

The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a July 15 evening attack on the Shia Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque that killed six people in the Wadi Kabir area of the Omani capital of Muscat. IS’s...

November 13, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

UAE, Saudi Arabia, Gulf states increase aid to Gaza

The UAE is establishing a 150-bed field hospital. Five planes brought equipment for it last week.

April 27, 2023 | |

Iran Seizes U.S.-Bound Oil Tanker

Iranian naval forces seized a Marshall Island-flagged oil tanker traveling through international waters in the Gulf of Oman on April 27. The tanker, Advantage Sweet, was transporting...

February 23, 2023 | |

Oman Joins Saudi Arabia in Opening Airspace to Israel

Latest Developments Oman announced today that it would open its civilian airspace to all countries, a de facto granting of overflight rights to Israeli carriers by the Gulf sultanate, which has no formal...

January 22, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Michael Rubin

Oman Must Isolate, Not Embrace, the Houthis

The Switzerland of the Middle East can still serve as a center for regional diplomacy. But even Switzerland does not offer safe haven to terrorists.

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman’s Growing Ties with Iran Threatens its Neutrality: FDD Report

 Weapons smuggling to Houthis via Oman rank among recent concerns

December 19, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

A modest Middle East detente

Arab states take a friendlier approach toward the enemy of their enemy.

August 10, 2018 | Nicole Salter |

Oman Offers to Mediate between the U.S. and Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed Wednesday that Oman, along wi...

June 14, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Varsha Koduvayur

Kuwait and Oman Are Stuck in Arab No Man’s Land

Just over a year ago, four of America’s Arab allies — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt — severed relations with Qatar, another key U.S. ally. They enac...

June 10, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman’s Dangerous Double Game

The Obama administration sought to help Iran cash in on the 2015 nuclear deal, a Republican-led Senate investigation revealed last week. The report also raises questions about the role played by...

March 12, 2018 | Nicole Salter |

Oman Needs to Prevent Iranian Weapons Shipments to Houthis

Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Oman yesterday to meet with...

January 4, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Iran’s Maritime Mirage

Iran is doing enough damage in the Middle East through unconventional methods without requiring a robust navy. That is why an idea floated by a key Iranian military leader to build naval bases in...

September 29, 2008 | New Atlanticist

The Challenge of Somali Piracy

By Dr. J. Peter Pham In a metaphor that the traditionally nomadic Somalis would undoubtedly appreciate, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Last Thursday, Somali pirates...