Oman: Sultan Qaboos Medical tests

Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said flew to Germany on 9 July “to spend the annual vacation and conduct some medical examinations”, according to the state-run Oman News Agency. The sultan, who came to power in 1970, is 73 and has no known children. Concern over who will replace him has put him under increasing pressure to publicly designate an heir from the relatively small pool of potential successors (GSN 956/3).