improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised. I.E.D., IED. explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy. gasoline bomb, Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick.
Jordan and Iraq are on its north border; Kuwait on its northeast; Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates to the east; Yemen to its south; Oman to its southeast; and the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea to its east. The population of the country is estimated to be around 31,000,000 in 2016.
Oman is ranked 6th out of 15 countries in the Middle East/North Africa region, and its overall score is above the world and regional averages. Omanâs efforts to diversify beyond a declining oil and gas sector have been undermined by what seems to have become an aversion to economic freedom.