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Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman's Foreign Ministry has welcomed the announcement of an agreement to exchange hostages and ...

MUSCAT, January 24, 2025 (WAFA) – The Sultanate of Oman condemned on Friday the ongoing Israeli aggression against the city of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank.

The two Mexicans had been held for over a year after Houthis rebels hijacked their commercial ship, the Galaxy Leader, in ...

Israel has agreed to accept the four female hostages Hamas said it would release on Saturday — despite protesting that Hamas breached the cease-fire deal. The list of names provided by Hamas ...

It said the crew were handed to Oman "in coordination" with the three-day-old ceasefire in Gaza's war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. "The release of the Galaxy Leader crew ...

Late on Sunday, Hamas provided Israel with long-awaited information about the status of the hostages listed for release during the first phase of the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza war.

Only the U.S. sides with Israel. By Farnaz Fassihi With only two days before Israel outlaws operations on its soil of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Security ...

The Galaxy Leader was taken in November 2023 at the start of the Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the ...

Israel is preparing to receive four female soldiers held by Hamas on Saturday, in the latest release of captives under the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. The militant group said Friday that it ...