Sultan Qaboos, quiet peacemaker who built Oman, dies at 79

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, who over nearly five decades in power transformed his Persian Gulf kingdom from an isolated enclave into a developed nation known for brokering quiet talks between global foes, has died, the Omani government announced early Saturday. He was 79.

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