A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. AFP
"A security source reported that the commercial port of Duqm was targeted by two drones," the Oman News Agency said in a post on X.
"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 News Agency reported an oil tanker was targeted off the coast, with its crew evacuated and four of them injured.
"The Maritime Security Centre announced that the oil tanker (SKYLIGHT), flying the flag of the Republic of Palau, was targeted 5 nautical miles north of the port of Khasab in the governorate of Musandam," the agency said on X.
"All crew members of the tanker, consisting of 20 people, including 15 Indians and 5 Iranians, were evacuated. Initial information indicates that four members of the ship's crew sustained varying injuries," it added.
It was not immediately clear who attacked the vessel.
On Sunday morning, AFP correspondents heard blasts across Dubai, Doha and Manama as Iran carried out attacks in retaliation to US and Israeli strikes that killed the country's supreme leader and other top officials.
Israel-US attacks have raised fears of a wider conflict and rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent Middle East.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened to launch its “most-intense offensive operation” ever targeting Israel and US bases.
Earlier Sunday, AFP reporters heard blasts in Dubai, the Bahraini capital Manama and in Qatar, where thick black smoke was seen rising on the clear morning horizon in the south of Doha.
An AFP correspondent saw thick black smoke rising from Dubai's southern Jebel Ali Port on Sunday morning, after authorities said debris from an interceptor had sparked a fire overnight.
Drones also struck the airport in Bahrain's capital Manama, causing minor damage, authorities said.
On Saturday, across the UAE, Iran fired 137 missiles and 209 drones at the country, the UAE defence ministry said, with fires and smoke seen at landmarks The Palm and Burj Al Arab.
At the airport in Abu Dhabi, at least one person was killed and seven wounded during what authorities called an "incident".
Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, and Kuwait's airport, were also hit.
Earlier on Saturday, falling debris killed a Pakistani civilian in Abu Dhabi, officials said.
In Qatar, host of the region's biggest US military base, officials said Iran had launched 65 missiles and 12 drones towards the Gulf state, most of which were intercepted, but eight people were injured, with one in critical condition.
On the first day of the strikes Saturday, smoke rose from US bases in Abu Dhabi and Manama, home of the American navy's Fifth Fleet, witnesses said, with US bases also targeted in Kuwait and eastern Saudi Arabia.
* This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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