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26 February, the UNSC adopted resolution 2140, which calls for an asset freeze and travel ban for any individual or entity seen to be “engaging in or providing support for acts that threaten the peace

, security or stability of Yemen”.

If a lasting peace settlement can be achieved, a long, hard recovery beckons after decades of false dawns.

Despite United Nations  and other efforts to foster peace, the conflict grinds on.

They know they are mistrusted and must convince the world of their peaceful intentions.” Fox News released the interview on 31 January, and said it had taken place the week before.

It follows a 25 January BBC interview with Omani foreign affairs minister Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah, who was also keen to state that no closure of Hormuz was imminent.

pledged $10m and the UN hopes more might be forthcoming.

The UN is also playing the game by not giving specifics of the deal and process.”

” Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) doyenne Hanan Ashrawi told a news conference in Ramallah that she hoped “the embassy will help in educating the Omani government on the real nature

In February, foreign affairs minister Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah said Oman wouldn’t normalise relations with Israel until a sovereign Palestinian state had been established.

2007, the company’s Dutch subsidiary Thales Nederland agreed to supply radar and combat management and communications equipment for three RNO patrol boats.Deals signedA ministry spokesman said several deals

Vanderlande agreed to install luggage-handling systems for Muscat and Salalah airports, a deal estimated by the UAE-based Khaleej Times to be worth $72.3m.

More particularly, he said the artillery could be used “for serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law” in Yemen.

sales from Germany to Saudi Arabia fell from $64m in 2014 to just $1m in 2015, while the value of sales to the UAE dropped from $71m to $11m over the same period, according to the Stockholm International Peace

“The coalition is at any time ready to accept a peaceful resolution and a ceasefire,” member of the Majlis Al-Shura Abdullah Al-Askar told GSN.

So there’s a possibility the Saudis could get a political deal that would account for their interests,” he said.

“It looks like we’ll be seeing a concerted political effort to see whether a deal can be struck – no one wants a ground invasion of Yemen.

There has been much diplomatic exchange between Washington and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states in recent weeks, linked both to Yemen and to the framework nuclear deal; King Salman has spoken

years, sensing that with the imminent death of a ruler with a considerable personal following, there would be opportunities to bring about change.

An end to the Yemen war could provide a boost for Oman, as would any new understanding between Iran and its regional foes.

There is growing speculation that a cabinet reshuffle is imminent, which would be the third change of senior government personnel since 2019.

Sources told GSN Al-Barrak wasn’t interested in meeting with other opposition leaders or negotiating a deal with the government for his return, preferring to wait until he can gain a full unconditional

Issue 926 - 21 June 2012 Sanaa had been hoping its Gulf neighbours – and Saudi Arabia in particular – would help plug its massive budget deficit at the June donor meeting, now postponed.

on Yemen.

Although that deal expired in October 2022, an informal truce has largely held since.

The following year, the government signed a deal with the southern separatists to largely end their conflict.

Hadi will also be hoping for financial support. “We hope that Yemen actually manages to reach the 21st century train station and not remain where it is,” he said.

Muscat has been slow to make any public statements about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, but Haitham has urged a return to diplomacy and peace negotiations.