AMMAN: Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq has directed government and the private sector to employ a plan to provide more than 32,000 jobs for young Omanis.
The scheme will support the self-employed and business owners this year, Oman News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The sultan said 12,000 of these jobs will be allocated in the civil service and the military.
The initiative is part of government efforts to boost employment after global economic conditions led to a shrinking of labor markets, and to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sultan Haitham said 2,000 positions should be created in government sectors across the country under a temporary contract system. The initiative will also provide 1 million hours for part-time work in government institutions.
Sultan Haitham’s order also included stipends to create a planned 15,000 private-sector jobs for the next two years as well.
The directives will also include government subsidies for those entering the workforce for the first time.
(With AP and Reuters)
Oman sultan announces 32,000 jobs boost for youth
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Oman sultan announces 32,000 jobs boost for youth
- The sultan ordered 2,000 full-time government jobs be temporarily opened
- He also ordered more part-time work hours be granted
Syrian government foils Daesh plot to attack churches and New Year celebrations
- Bomber kills soldier in Aleppo, detonates explosives injuring 2 others
ALEPPO, DAMASCUS: The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that it had thwarted a Daesh plot to carry out suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations and churches, particularly in Aleppo.
The ministry said in a statement that, as part of ongoing counterterrorism efforts and careful monitoring of Daesh cells in cooperation with partner agencies, it had received intelligence indicating plans for suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations in several provinces, particularly Aleppo, with a focus on churches and civilian gathering areas.
The ministry added that it took preemptive measures, including reinforcing security around churches, deploying mobile and fixed patrols, and setting up checkpoints across the city.
During operations at a checkpoint in Aleppo’s Bab Al-Faraj district, security forces intercepted a suspected Daesh member who opened fire. One internal security soldier was killed, and the attacker detonated explosives, injuring two others.
Daesh recently increased its attacks in Syria, and was blamed for an attack last month in Palmyra that killed three Americans.
On Dec. 13, two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed in an attack Washington blamed on a lone Daesh gunman in Palmyra.
In retaliation, American forces struck scores of Daesh targets in Syria.
Syrian authorities have also carried out several operations against Daesh since then, saying on Dec. 25 they had killed a senior leader of the group.
