An Oman port and an oil tanker off its coast were attacked Sunday, official media said, marking the first strikes on the sultanate — which mediated US-Iran talks — since Tehran launched a retaliation campaign.
On Sunday morning, AFP correspondents also heard blasts in Dubai, Doha and Manama, with explosions heard later in Riyadh as Iran pressed its second day of attacks in response to US and Israeli strikes that killed the country’s supreme leader and other top officials.
Iran’s continued Gulf bombardment has raised fears of a wider conflict and rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent Middle East.
“A security source reported that the commercial port of Duqm was targeted by two drones,” the Oman News Agency said in a social media post.
“One drone struck a mobile workers’ accommodation, injuring one foreign worker, while debris from the other landed near fuel tanks, causing no casualties or material damage,” it added.
Shortly after, Oman said an oil tanker was targeted off the coast. Its crew was evacuated and four of them were injured, the news agency reported.
The second day of strikes comes on the heels of deadly attacks, with two civilians killed in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi as Iran targeted military bases but also civilian infrastructure across the Gulf on Saturday.
UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash on Sunday lashed out at Tehran, calling the attacks on the Gulf states a miscalculation.
“It isolated Iran at a critical juncture. Your war is not with your neighbours,” said Gargash.
“Return to reason, to your surroundings, and deal with your neighbours rationally and responsibly before the circle of isolation and escalation widens.”
