The ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict seems to be getting worse, engulfing the entire Middle East day by day. On Wednesday (March 11, 2026), the conflict spread to one of the Gulf region’s most strategically important maritime hubs. In the latest escalation in the regional conflict, multiple drones hit the oil storage facility at Oman’s Salalah port, leading to a massive fire.
According to reports, the local authorities confirmed that the air defence intercepted several drones, but some managed to penetrate and hit the Salalah port. Oman’s civil defence has been working to douse the fire, but the process is expected to take time.
Massive fires continue to burn into the night at the Port of Salalah in Oman, with the blaze caused by Wednesday’s drone attack against the port by Iran having now spread to most if not all oil tanks at the MINA Petroleum Facility. pic.twitter.com/dZoAwAgFA2
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Quoting Oman’s State TV, Reuters reported that the drone strike and the fire have not affected the country’s oil supply. The drone attack on the port was confirmed by the British maritime security firm Ambrey, which said that no damage was caused to merchant vessels.
Notably, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke to Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said over a phone call after the drone strike on the port and assured him that the incident would be investigated. A readout of the phone call reportedly mentioned that Oman’s sultan expressed dissatisfaction and condemnation of attacks on Oman, without referring to the attack on the Omani port.
The Salalah port, located in Oman’s Dhofar region in the Arabian Sea, is one of the Middle East’s key shipping and logistics hubs. The port’s operations include handling container traffic, oil storage, and bunkering for ships travelling to Africa, Europe, and Asia.
