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“Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow them up,” President Donald Trump declared Wednesday. An apparently shocking statement about a nation long regarded as a key US ally. But as a tentative deal to end the war with Iran appears to be within reach, Washington has grown increasingly frustrated by the Gulf sultanate’s quiet yet significant support for the Islamic Republic. Located directly across the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, Oman was once viewed as a trusted intermediary between the United States and the Tehran regime. Washington considers Muscat a strategic partner and maintains access…
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