Ninety miles inland from the Persian Gulf, the oasis of Buraimi has slumbered for centuries. Its 8,000 inhabitants subsist on dates, camel meat and milk, and live in eight, mud-walled villages ...

A former soldier of the Trucial Oman Scouts, Col David Neild, recounts the country as it was some 60 years ago and how it has transformed into a world-renowned global nation David on a training ...

The event organised in coordination with the UAE Armed Forces will run from November 1 to April 28 in Al Ain ABU DHABI: An exhibition titled, “The Trucial Scouts: Life and Times”, organised by the ...

Dubai, Mar 08th, 2012 (WAM)--Deputy Consul General Ian Gibbons hosted a reception last night at the British Embassy in Dubai on the occasion of the Trucial Oman Scouts visit to the UAE. The reception ...

In 1939, the Trucial Coast States – the present day United Arab Emirates – were part of Britain’s Informal Empire in the Persian Gulf. Britain had effectively controlled this region since the early ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

CELESTINE of Recent origin was first recorded in 1958 by Skinner 1 from shallow coastal lagoons in the south-east of South Australia. It has since been found as an early diagenetic mineral in the ...