Oman has joined a Saudi-led military coalition aimed at "fighting terrorism", AFP reported Thursday (December 29th).
The Gulf sultanate becomes the 41st nation in the alliance announced last year by the Saudi defence minister, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The official SPA agency said the Saudi defence minister received a message from his Omani counterpart praising Saudi efforts in showing "leadership in the Islamic military coalition in fighting terrorism".
Oman was one of the few Arab states not to have joined the coalition battling the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansarallah) in Yemen and has hosted several rounds of talks aimed at ending the conflict raging there since March 2015.
