Drone hits fuel tank at Oman's Duqm port

March 3 (Reuters) - A fuel ‌tank at ​Oman’s ​Duqm commercial port was hit on Tuesday when the facility came under attack from several unmanned ‌aircraft, the state news agency said, citing a security ⁠source, on the fourth day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, which ‌has responded by targeting neighbouring ‌countries.

The attack comes a day after Qatar halted its production of liquefied natural gas - about a fifth of global ​supply - while Saudi Arabia suspended production at its largest domestic refinery.

Major Israeli gas fields, including Leviathan, were offline, ⁠and most output in the Iraqi Kurdish region had been shut down as ​Iran continued to target infrastructure, including energy facilities, ports and airports, over recent days.

Oman had been ​acting as mediator in talks between ‌the U.S. and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme before the attacks on Iran.

The resulting damage ⁠at Duqm was contained and no casualties were recorded, Oman's news agency added. Duqm had also been targeted by two drones on ⁠Sunday, wounding one worker. Oman had been spared from attacks on Saturday, ​the day the U.S. and Israel launched their attack.

The Abu Dhabi government's media office said on Monday a fire broke out after ‌the Musaffah fuel tank terminal was targeted by a drone, without impacting its operations.

Abu Dhabi ‌state oil giant ADNOC operates a facility in Musaffah from which ⁠fuels are transported by trucks ‌and through a ​1,600-kilometre (994 miles) pipeline network.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam; Writing by Yousef Saba; Editing by David Goodman and Louise ‌Heavens)

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