Oman

LGBTQ+

Queer Omani woman takes her own life while waiting for UK asylum

Like other LGBTQ+ refugees from the Gulf, Rima al-Badi spent over a year in a British hotel waiting for her asylum case to be processed
Politics
Only when the UAE helps Putin does the West panic about its malign influence
David Hearst
Inside Yemen
Yemen: Campaign launched over missing Omani travel vlogger
Climate change
All of Middle East and North Africa will live with extreme water stress by 2050: Report
Iranian Press Review
Oman held secret meetings in Tehran on prisoner swap talks with US: Iranian press review
Migrant Workers
Gulf states 'exposing migrant workers to fatal temperatures'
Diplomacy
UK's Jordan visa waiver shows deepening ties between kingdoms
Books
Omani novel on water wins top Arabic fiction prize
Diplomacy
In Pictures: Assad and Zelensky warmly welcomed at Arab League summit
Eid
Saudi Arabia’s moon sighting sparks Eid debate
Inside Iraq
Iran stopped buying Iraq’s illicit dollars. But is it getting them another way?
Energy
Opec’s surprise cut: Is the global economy ready?
Rachel Ziemba
Technology
Israeli-backed internet cable aims to link country to Saudi Arabia and Gulf states
Energy
Oil powers to slash production by more than one million barrels per day
Turkey-Syria earthquake
Has Bashar al-Assad leveraged disaster for political gain?
GCC
Saudi road trippers: The new visa allowing expat Gulf travel
Diplomacy
Biden's top Middle East advisor travels to region amid West Bank tensions
Diplomacy
Oman follows Saudi Arabia in opening airspace to Israeli flights
Inside Syria
Assad’s regional isolation diminishes following Oman visit
Energy
Middle East primed to pounce when EU bans Russian diesel
Media
Middle East Eye's picks of the year 2022
Media
Israel offers Palestinian prisoners completion of sentence in Jordan: Arabic press review
Russia-Ukraine war
US plans to shift missile defence systems from the Middle East to Ukraine, report says