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The shooting occurred as Shi'ite worshippers were marking the eve of Ashura at the Imam Ali mosque frequently attended by South Asian expatriates [3] in the Wadi Kabir area of Muscat. [4] Gunmen reportedly opened fire from a building near the mosque [ 1 ] before entering the facility itself in the evening and opening fire, [ 5 ] with some ...
DUBAI (Reuters) - The three gunmen who shot and killed six people at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman in an attack claimed by Islamic State this week were all Omani nationals, police said on Thursday.
Times of Oman - English [1] The Arabian Stories - English and Arabic; Out of print ... "Arab news media online: Oman". Al-Bab.com. Archived from the original on 2015 ...
Oman marked its first day of Eid-ul-Fitr on 24 May and a ban had been issued on all eid gatherings including prayer congregations, despite this multiple expatriates organised and attended the prayers. As a result, as many as 40 were arrested for organising while another 136 were arrested for attending in the governorates of Muscat and Al Dakhiliya.
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Furthermore, Oman's Minister of Manpower Abdullah bin Nasser al-Bakri stated that the recruitment of expatriate labor to certain professions would be restricted during that same period. [6] In total, Oman banned the issuance of new visas for expatriate workers in 87 private sector professions and increased the fees for sponsoring expatriate ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian travelled to Oman on Sunday on the first leg of a regional tour, the ministry said, almost a week after a suspected Israeli strike on the Iranian ...