DUBAI/CAIRO – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East’s longest serving rulers who maintained the country’s neutrality in regional struggles, died on Jan. 10 and state media said his cousin Haitham bin Tariq al-Said was named his successor.
Reuters: Oman’s Sultan Qaboos dies; cousin Haitham named successor
Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said al-Said sits during a meeting with the US secretary of state at the Beit Al Baraka Royal Palace in Muscat on Jan. 14, 2019.
