Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has held talks in Oman, a traditional mediator in the region, on the conflicts in Syria and Yemen where Riyadh has taken sides. Jubeir and his Omani counterpart Yussef bin Alawi reviewed "the situation in Syria and Yemen and means of strengthening co-operation" among the six Arab states in the Gulf, the Saudi foreign minister said late Thursday after their meeting in Muscat.
He told Oman's ONA news agency that "the view is one" between Saudi Arabia and Oman on "all the matters discussed today". Unlike its Gulf neighbours, Oman maintains good ties with Shiite Iran - a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime and of Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen.