Oman displeased with British and US presence in Al-Mahrahnote

Last Sunday (8/8/21), a team of forty operators from Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS) arrived in the Al-Mahrah governorate in Yemen, to track down the perpetrators of the drone attack (29/7/21) that targeted the Israeli oil tanker known as Mercer Street in the Gulf of Oman.

In this context, Sultan Haitham of Oman is said to be displeased with the British and US military and intelligence activities in Al-Mahrah, which borders Oman.

Why is Sultan Haitham concerned about the British and US military presence in Al-Mahrah?

Tactical Report answers these questions and more in the following 453-word report.

[Partly reproduced in TR Weekly 28/33 – August 13, 2021]

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