Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman — 46 years Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, 75, became ruler of Oman when he launched a successful coup against his father in 1970. Since taking the throne ...

TASS, January 11. Omani culture minister Haitham bin Tariq Al Said has become the new head of state and the successor to Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said, the Al-Watan Oman daily wrote on Twitter on ...

After seizing power from his isolationist father, Sultan Said bin Taimur in July 1970, Qaboos addressed the nation ... senior columnist for Al Monitor. "Following the [Jamal] Khashoggi affair ...

Muscat - Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) has announced the launch of the 'Afaq' programme for the admission of international and Omani students ...