Qaboos returns home after two-month medical tests

He has been receiving periodical tests in Germany for the last two months

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Muscat:Qaboos Bin Saeed returned home on Tuesday evening from Germany, where he had been receiving periodical tests for the last two months, which authorities said had been successfully treated.

Social media was abuzz with the sultan’s return, circulating news from Muscat International Airport, which went viral. Nationals also launched two hashtag on Twitter “Be happy! Qaboos has arrived” and "Be cheerful and comend him to the protection of our prayers".

A picture of Omani boy looking to the sky prior to the landing of His Majesty royal plane went viral in social media platforms.

People took to the streets, where His majesty headed to his place, Bait Al Barakah in Barka province.

Moreover, Omani local radios have aired national songs dedicated tof His Majesty returns.

Sultan Qaboos had undergone an eight-month medical treatment in Germany in July 2014. He returned to the country in March last year.

In his four decades as ruler, Sultan Qaboos transformed the small oil exporter into a prosperous state, earning a reputation as a mediator seeking to ease periodic tensions between non-Arab Iran and Gulf Arab states.
 

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