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Oman confirms sixth coronavirus case 28 Feb 2020 - 12:07 pm
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Kuwait has 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus 27 Feb 2020 - 10:40 am
Kuwaiti men, wearing protective masks, shop in Kuwait City on February 26, 2020.  AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Kuwait to shut down schools and universities for two weeks 27 Feb 2020 - 10:06 am
Kuwaiti kids wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of coronavirus, during celebrations of the 29th Kuwait Liberation Day from the Iraqi occupation, in Kuwait February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee
Kuwait reports six more coronavirus case, takes count to 18 26 Feb 2020 - 01:03 pm
Kuwaiti special forces wearing protective masks guard the entrance to a hotel, where people evacuated from Iran are being held in quarantine, in Fahaheel, Kuwait February 24, 2020. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee
Kuwait reports new coronavirus case, raising total to 12 26 Feb 2020 - 10:41 am
Kuwaitis coming back from Iran wait at Sheikh Saad Airport in Kuwait City, on February 22, 2020, before being taken to a hospital to be tested for coronavirus./ AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Oman's Khasab port suspends shipping to and from Iran 25 Feb 2020 - 11:35 am
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Kuwait reports more cases of coronavirus, raising total to eight 25 Feb 2020 - 11:05 am
Kuwaiti women wear protective masks as they sit in a restaurant inside the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City on February 24, 2020. AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Oman reports first two cases of coronavirus 24 Feb 2020 - 04:49 pm
AFP / ATTA KENARE
Kuwait reports three cases of coronavirus 24 Feb 2020 - 09:25 am
Kuwaitis coming back from Iran leave the air plane at Sheikh Saad Airport in Kuwait City, on February 22, 2020, before being taken to a hospital to be tested for coronavirus. AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Kuwait suspends all flights to, from Iran due to coronavirus 22 Feb 2020 - 10:58 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 13, 2019, a Kuwait Airways Boeing B777 aircraft prepares to land at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City. AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
FAA allows US civilian flights to resume flying over the Gulf region 15 Feb 2020 - 07:20 pm
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PROFILE: Oman's new sultan Haitham bin Tariq 11 Jan 2020 - 05:27 pm
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said gives a speech after being sworn in before the royal family council in Muscat, Oman January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Sultan Al Hasani
Haitham bin Tariq 'named successor' to Oman's Sultan Qaboos 11 Jan 2020 - 09:33 am
The former culture minister, 65, has been sworn in before the ruling family council on Saturday, according to local media reports [File: Tariq Al Ali/Reuters]
Oman's Sultan Qaboos dies; council starts succession process 11 Jan 2020 - 07:40 am
FILE PHOTO: H M Sultan Qaboos bin Said at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat, Oman January 14, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Kuwait says report of US troop withdrawal incorrect, KUNA agency hacked 08 Jan 2020 - 03:00 pm
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Five to death, three to jail over Khashoggi murder 23 Dec 2019 - 08:20 pm
In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014, Alarab TV general manager Jamal Khashoggi looks on during a press conference in Manama AFP / Mohammed Al-Shaikh
Oman pardons 332 prisoners, including 142 foreigners 17 Nov 2019 - 04:21 pm
Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman
Kuwaiti government resigns 14 Nov 2019 - 12:31 pm
Government official spokesperson Tareq Al-Mizrem