refers not to an individual mountain, but to an area within Oman's Saiq Plateau. Though the current capital of Oman is Muscat, in the sixth and seventh centuries CE, it was Nizwa, the nearest city ...

MUSCAT - The emir of Qatar is building a new “palace” in the Jebel al-Akhdar mountains in Oman. Construction at the site, which overlooks a scenic canyon 2,000m above sea level, began in late ...