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Over a month since the unilateral redeployment of Houthi forces from Hodeidah port began (GSN 1,079/1), hopes for de-escalation have all but vanished.

later Supreme Political Council President Mahdi Al-Mashat met members of the Reconciliation Government headed by prime minister Abdelaziz Bin Habtour; he used this to indicate that Sanaa was open to new peace

were said to be the first in an alleged force of 300 fighters destined for the island, who had been trained in Aden and were loyal to the Southern Transition Council (STC), which supports the breakup of Yemen

Insiders say the Omani authorities have had an appreciation of UAE plans to exploit any insecurity within the sultanate – potentially to consolidate its own territory and give it greater leverage in dealing

In Q1 15, the Oman-Iran gas pipeline project entered its first phase of implementation; the estimated $60bn, 25-year deal is intended to deliver 10bcm/yr through a pipeline under the Gulf of Oman from

Oman's Ministry of Energy and Minerals has opened a new bidding round for hydrocarbons concessions, including Block 15 at Jebel Aswad, south of Ibri, Block 36 at Fasad, adjacent to the Oman-Yemen-Saudi

Most of the remainder comes from Block 6, in which the state-owned Energy Development Oman has a 60% stake.

future supplies and to have the potential to re-export gas to Yemen

The Joint UAE-Oman Military Drill is aimed at boosting individual and collective combat capabilities.

countries are relatively high – a result of being on different sides of the Qatar dispute and Omani concerns about the long-term intentions of the UAE along their shared border and in neighbouring Yemen

Government subsidieshave contributed to massive fiscal deficits placing huge strains of Central Bank of Yemen.

“On the request of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, and on humanitarian grounds, Professor Mojtaba Atarodi is here in Oman after his release from the United States,” Oman Television reported

Its role as an arbitrator in the region has not been confined to Iran: when much of the Arab world froze relations with Egypt after its peace treaty with Israel in 1979, Oman did not.

Oman is to spend $62m to upgrade the software and communications equipment on its 23-strong fleet of F-16 fighter jets, according to a notice published by the US State Department on 5 January.

This was led by a $15bn deal to sell Thaad missile defence systems to Saudi Arabia (GSN 1,046/7).

The wily leader, who has come under increasing domestic and international pressure to step aside to allow for a peaceful transition of power, had convinced members of his ruling General People’s Congress

Though Saleh has agreed to step down, Yemenis hold little hope that he will do so with any intention of losing power definitively.

The Houthis were advancing towards the Murad Mount area, less than 40km from Marib city, as GSN went to press – renewoing fears of an imminent co-ordinated attack on Marib city, last foothold in north

Amid continuing efforts in Riyadh and Muscat to move forward with peace talks to end the Yemen conflict – or at least Saudi Arabia’s direct involvement in it (GSN 1,128/1) – the

However, Abdullah Bin Issa Al-Afrar, one of the two pretenders to the sultanship of Mahra and Socotra, recently tweeted his thanks to the late Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of Oman for his donation towards

Frontier Resources Oman Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas-based Frontier Resources International, has signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement (EPSA) with the Omani government for

“Block 38 has had only three wells drilled and is considered prospective for oil and gas given the production from the nearby Block 6 operated by Petroleum Development Oman,” the statement said.

Bush to sponsor any deal that would seriously embarrass Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Thus a new ‘peace deal’, most likely a reheated version of the road map with an amended variant on Sharon’s unilateral ‘withdrawal from Gaza’ as the carrot to accompany the big stick of maintaining other

Saudi Arabia’s strategy in Yemen is multifaceted, opaque and sometimes contradictory given the behind-the-scenes wrangling between Al-Saud family members and the complexity of dealing with Yemen itself

Their approach has been less personal, often involving direct dealings with Saleh and existing networks of Saudi informants.