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Senior Houthi held by Hadi forces on Yemen’s border with Oman Influential Houthi leader Hassan Ali Al-Emad was arrested after crossing into Yemen via Oman’s Al-Mazyunah border checkpoint on

Read more Distrust between Oman and UAE feeds into Yemen strategies In contrast to the UAE’s public withdrawal from Yemen – where Emirati military forces formally pulled out

to the now-moribund 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal.

While in Oman, Amir-Abdollahian also discussed events in Yemen, holding talks with Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam.

The change in tone since peace talks began in mid-April has significantly reduced the sectarian rhetoric that had exacerbated the year-long war in Yemen.

Rouhani’s hope that he could separate Yemen from other thorny issues when dealing with regional rivals has not proved possible – Iranian observers say falling short in his commitments to Rahbar

However, the insecurity across Yemen and tensions with the UAE have prompted him to adopt a stronger position (GSN 1,130/4).

The late Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said was named as the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019 by India’s Ministry of Culture on 22 March.

The award statement also said “Qaboos was the architect of the special ties between India and Oman. He had studied in India and always maintained a special relationship with India.”

In recent weeks, Oman’s diplomatic involvement has stepped up again.

In the end, both Riyadh and Abu Dhabi sent senior military delegations to restore a peace of sorts in Aden.

The deal weakened Hadi’s authority further, as his military forces are required to leave South Yemen.

The UAE has been scaling back its military commitment to Yemen, in an unannounced move which appears to have been at least partly prompted by the Hodeidah peace agreement between the Houthi rebels and

troops to the Gulf in the light of growing tensions with Iran – a situation the UAE has tried to calm by refusing to directly blame Tehran for several recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman

Defence minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah said the signing of the deal to buy 28 Eurofighter jets was imminent, during a visit to Brussels on 11 February.

Yemen conference: A conference on the Yemen war was held at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh on 13 August, in conjunction with the internationally-recognised government led by prime minister Ahmed Obaid Bin

No new peace-building initiatives emerged.

Oman joined the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines on 20 August, the eighth Arab country to do so.

The treaty will take effect for Oman after a mandatory six-month waiting period.

The Oman-Iran gas pipeline project – an estimated $60bn, 25-year deal – is intended to deliver 10bcm/yr through a pipeline under the Gulf of Oman.

the Yemen war (GSN 1,067/6).

is unlikely to be imminent.

The deteriorating situation in a number of vital areas will remain an obstacle to any peace agreement.

Hadi has hung on, supported by Saudi Arabia and an international mandate, while Yemen has collapsed. Despite efforts by the UN and others to foster peace, the conflict grinds on.

Muscat said plans were also under way for Oman to host data on behalf of Yemen, providing cloud and security services, and that sea and land communications cables would be activated.

of the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea, and the water area and airspace above the Persian Gulf.

“As a result, IDP will be discontinued in those areas.”IDP remains in effect for a number of countries in the region, including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan and Egypt.