The ties between families in Oman's Dhofar region and Yemen are deep and historic. Saleh al-Mahri, a Yemeni from the border region, runs a successful frankincense shop in the middle of the Hafa souq.

Last time Qatar had facilitated the nuclear deal between America and Iran, but this time Iran chose Oman instead of Qatar.

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The UN's weather agency warned on Friday that a "super cyclonic storm" was heading towards Oman and war-ravaged Yemen, where it ... packing wind speeds of between 220 and 230 kilometres (127-143 ...