MoFA has announced that Oman's embassy in Tehran is following up on citizens in the Islamic Republic.

Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) stated its embassy in Tehran has confirmed its communication with Omanis present in Iran.

The four winning teams will be announced on 1st October at a ceremony at the Oil and Gas Institute.

The data shows that 16,487 people were recruited in the sector until the mid of 2019.

The sultanate’s delegation was led by H E Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs.

Russia and Iran are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's closest allies, and label all opponents of his regime as "terrorists".

Air strikes by Syrian warplanes on a rebel-held region near Damascus killed at least 28 civilians on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

The future of Assad has been the key stumbling block in negotiations aimed at ending the six-year war in Syria.

The attack comes just days before a fresh round of UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aiming at ending Syria's six-year war.

Egyptian authorities on Sunday arrested a senior judge as they press a rare investigation into corruption at a top court, judicial sources said.