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IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICTIndian-crewed tanker hit off Oman coast; four injured

Follow Us A Palau-flagged oil tanker under US sanctions was hit on Sunday off Oman's Musandam peninsula, injuring four people, the country's maritime security centre said, without specifying what hit the vessel. The attack followed earlier drone strikes elsewhere in the Gulf country, at the commercial port of Duqm on the Arabian Sea. 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 US-Israeli attacks on Iran that have plunged the region into a new war.

This combination of video grabs taken from UGC images posted on social media on February 28, 2026, and verified by TV teams in Paris, shows a reported explosion in Tehran

This combination of video grabs taken from UGC images posted on social media on February 28, 2026, and verified by TV teams in Paris, shows a reported explosion in Tehran

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Key Highlights

  • 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, on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the Oman Maritime Security Centre said in a post on X.
  • Initial information indicated injuries of varying severity to four of the crew, composed of 15 Indian and five Iranian citizens, it added.
  • Skylight's registered owner is Sea Force Inc., and it is managed by Red Sea Ship Management LLC, LSEG data shows.
  • Both could not be immediately reached for comment.
  • ADVERTISEMENT The US Treasury in December 2025 sanctioned Red Sea Ship Management and Skylight, among other vessels, accusing the management company and its owner of operating a "shadow fleet" to transport Iranian petroleum products in the Gulf.
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