(New York Times) Ben Hubbard - Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, 79, the longest-serving Arab ruler who came to power at age 29 in 1970 and transformed his Persian Gulf kingdom into a developed nation, has died, the Omani government announced on Saturday. He was succeeded by Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, 65, Oman's culture minister. In 2018, Qaboos welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Gulf Arab state in a visit broadcast on Omani state television.
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