Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili congratulated Pakistanis on their 'victory' over India and urged them to support the Palestinians ...

And Oman is a former empire whose seafaring rule once stretched all the way down to the island of Zanzibar off Africa. That history extends into how it deals with the wider world, said Marc J.

"The royal family in Oman is neither Sunni nor Shia, and they have a history that included a mini-empire in certain areas. It ended in the 1960s, but it's still part of their history." He also ...

the variety that’s found in the mountains of Oman likely arrived in the eastern Arabian Peninsula in the 16th century, when the Ottoman Empire ruled areas just to the west of Oman and promoted ...

He emphasized Oman's importance as a key crossroads for commerce, adding that this attracted the attention of the Ottoman Empire. The two sides had relations "in all aspects," including trade ties ...