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FILE - This Jan. 11, 2020 file image made from video shows Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said in Muscat, Oman. Oman's sultan on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, named foreign and finance ministers for the first time, putting officials in positions long wielded by his late predecessor. (Oman TV via AP)

Vacation in the Middle East? Absolutely yes.

By Tim Constantine

In this May 22, 2020, photo, Melisia Muscat stands on the front porch of her new home in Billings, Mont., that she and her husband bought sight-unseen before moving here from the Seattle area. Muscat had been thinking of moving to Billings for about a year, but the coronavirus pandemic sealed the deal. It helped that in February she got a good offer on her home, a condo in a highly sought-after building in the lush seaside city of Anacortes, Wash., north of Seattle. (Casey Page/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Coronavirus spurs increased interest in moving to Montana

By ROB ROGERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2013 file photo, Avicii accepts the award for favorite artist - electronic dance music at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Swedish-born Avicii, whose name is Tim Bergling, was found dead, Friday April 20, 2018, in Muscat, Oman. He was 28. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry talked with Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman's minister of foreign affairs, during a meeting of Persian Gulf delegates in March. Oman helped kick-start secret nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington in 2013. (Associated Press)

Oman suited for Middle East peacemaker role amid rising tensions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times