🇴🇲 The longest-reigning monarch in the Arab world has died.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Omani leader who turned an isolated Middle Eastern country torn by civil war into a stable oil exporter and an ally to both the U.S. and Iran, has passed away aged 79.
His death follows a years-long struggle with an illness and ends almost half a century of rule. Qaboos was just 29 when he overthrew his father in a 1970 palace coup supported by London and aided by Oman’s British-controlled armed forces.
Using bountiful oil revenue, Qaboos transformed the country into an independent nation of 4 million people with a $79 billion economy.
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