r/geography • u/Necessary_Wing799 Geography Enthusiast • 15d ago

Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there? Discussion

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Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

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u/AssumptionExtra9041 15d ago

Oman is stable, is relatively rich. It is not involved as much in international politics as its neighbors and it also does not prominently commit human right violations.

So, to keep it short: (almost) everything going on in the neighboring countries is also happening in Oman but to a much shallower degree.

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u/IcyBlackberry7728 15d ago

The reason for that is Oman is not geopolitically important. If it was, it would have been bombed and smeared in the media many times over likes It’s neighbor

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u/XVince162 14d ago

What about sitting right on the straight of Hormuz?

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u/IcyBlackberry7728 14d ago

The straight of Hormuz is largely controlled by Iran and the west doesn’t want any smoke with Iran (at least not yet, although this could change within the next few weeks unfortunately).

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u/The-Copilot 14d ago

You got that backward. Iran knows not to mess with trade moving through the strait of Hormuz because the last time they did, the US sunk half their navy in 8 hours during Operation Praying Mantis. This is part of the reason Iran uses proxies to do its bidding.

The US has bases on the Persian Gulf in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, and Bahrain. They also have more bases in the region to support those bases, specifically in Diego Garcia, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Djibouti, and Turkey.

This is also just what the US itself has in the region.