Iran-Israel conflict: Oil tanker with 15 Indian crew members hit off Oman coast after drones strike Duqm port
The Hindu
An oil tanker with 15 Indian crew members was attacked off Oman amid rising tensions in the Iran-Israel conflict.
A Palau-flagged oil tanker was hit off Oman’s Musandam peninsula on Sunday (March 1, 2026) injuring four people, the country’s maritime security centre said, following drone strikes on the Gulf country’s commercial port of Duqm.
The incidents mark the first time targets in or near Oman have been hit following a wave of retaliatory strikes by Tehran on Gulf states after joint U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that have plunged the region into a new war.
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The 20-person crew of the Skylight tanker was evacuated after the attack, which occurred about 5 nautical miles north of Musandam’s Khasab Port, the Oman Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X. The centre did not specify what hit the tanker. Initial information indicated injuries of varying severity to four of the crew, composed of 15 Indian and five Iranian citizens, it added.
يُعلن مركز الأمن البحري عن تعرض ناقلة النفط (SKYLIGHT) وتحمل علم جمهورية (بالاو) للاستهداف، على بعد (٥) أميال بحرية شمال ميناء خصب بمحافظة مسندم، وتم إخلاء جميع طاقم الناقلة المكون من (۲۰) شخصا، بينهم (١٥) شخصا يحملون الجنسية الهندية، و(٥) أشخاص من الجنسية الإيرانية.كما تفيد… pic.twitter.com/LD9s94LEVR
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