Oman’s Sultan Qaboos was a figure for modernity and peace.

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the longest-serving leader in the Gulf region, died early on Saturday at the age of 79. July would have marked his fiftieth anniversary of ruling the country.

Qaboos will go down in history as a ruler that took his small country in the Middle East to new levels of modernization and mediation.

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