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President Donald Trump gives thumbs up to the media as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Iran attack on U.S. drone creates ‘defining moment’ for Donald Trump

By Dave Boyer and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 8, 2019, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi hold a press conference as Pompeo began a Mideast visit to talk to regional leaders about ramping up pressure on Iran, in Amman, Jordan. Tensions between the United States and Iran have soared in recent weeks, with Washington dispatching warships and bombers around the Persian Gulf, and Tehran threatening to resume higher uranium enrichment. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Mike Pompeo softens Iran talk: ‘Trump does not want war’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015 file photo, released by the Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran. On Monday, June 17, 2019, Iran said it will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno, File)

Iran nuclear breakout closer as Trump deploys more troops

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This undated photograph from the United Arab Emirates' Mission to the United Nations released Thursday, June 6, 2019, shows debris from the Saudi-owned oil tanker Amjad off the coast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. A joint statement released Thursday by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Norway said the damage done to the four oil tankers off the UAE likely came from limpet mines placed by a &quot;state actor&quot; amid U.S. and Saudi allegations Iran carried out the sabotage. Iran has denied being involved amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. (United Arab Emirates' Mission to the United Nations via AP)

The Latest: Iran urges regional dialogue to ease tensions

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Oman says 3 arrested for allegedly setting deadly house fire

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Oman says it will reopen its embassy in Iraq

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King Abdullah II of Jordan addresses the audience at the World Economic Forum at Dead Sea, Jordan on Saturday, April 6, 2019. During the forum Saturday, Oman's foreign minister has called on Palestinians to reassure Israel that it's not under threat in the Middle East, drawing a sharp public rebuke from his Jordanian counterpart. Unlike Jordan, Oman doesn't have formal relations with Israel, but mutual ties are rapidly warming. (WEF via AP, Pool)

Oman FM: Palestinians must reassure Israel it’s not in peril

By OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

Oman says it aided release of Indonesia, Malaysian in Yemen

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds the official ball of the upcoming Women's Soccer World Championship as he poses for photographers during a press conference at the end of an executive committee meeting in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AP Source: FIFA explores Kuwait, Oman as 2022 WCup co-hosts

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted by Saudi's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, during his Middle East tour. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

Mike Pompeo’s Mideast trip a string of tricky geopolitical challenges

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on potential new alliances in the Middle-East by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A modest Middle East detente

By Clifford D. May

Israel says Oman will open its airspace to Israeli carrier

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Benjamin Netanyahu Oman trip boosts Donald Trump Middle East strategy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 file photo, released by Oman News Agency, Oman's Sultan Qaboos, left, receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Muscat, Oman. A surprise visit to Oman by Netanyahu over the weekend appears to have opened the floodgates for a series of appearances by senior Israeli officials in Gulf Arab states, thrusting the once secret back channels of outreach into public view. These newly revealed ties reflect concerns by both Israel and Arabs over Iran’s rising influence in the region. (Oman News Agency via AP, File)

Secret no more: Israel’s outreach to Gulf Arab states

By AYA BATRAWY and JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)

Signs of warming ties as Israeli ministers head to Gulf

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This photo posted on Twitter by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 shows Netanyahu visiting Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman. Israel and Oman do not have diplomatic relations. The meeting was the first between leaders of the two countries since 1996 and former Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin made a similar surprise visit to Oman two years earlier. (Israeli Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Israel’s Netanyahu pays surprise visit to Oman

By ILAN BEN ZION and AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Oman officials say 2 British women hit by car, killed

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In Oman, 10 members of single family die in house fire

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In this May 5, 2018 photo, a giant image of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, adorns a tower in Doha, Qatar. At a time when the U.S. hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided ahead of the anniversary of the diplomatic crisis in Qatar. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

A man walks down the stormy beach at a hotel in Salalah, Oman, Friday, May 25, 2018. Cyclone Mekunu will be &quot;extremely severe&quot; when it crashes into the Arabian Peninsula this weekend, meteorologists warned Friday, after earlier thrashing the Yemeni island of Socotra. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 6 dead, 30 missing

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press