Muscat: Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles on Israel in an attack late Saturday, in a major escalation.
An official statement said, "The Sultanate of Oman is following with great interest the developments of the military escalation in the region, the seriousness of its repercussions, and the importance of self-restraint to spare the region and its people the dangers of war. The statement stressed its position calling for adherence to international laws and the need for the Security Council to assume its responsibility towards maintaining international peace and security."
Iran also carried out coordinated attacks on Israeli positions as sirens sounded in many places and AFP correspondents heard blasts in the skies above Jerusalem early Sunday.
Iran had repeatedly threatened to strike Israel in retaliation for a deadly April 1 air strike on its Damascus consulate and Washington had warned repeatedly in recent days that the reprisals were imminent.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed a drone and missile attack was launched against Israel in retaliation for the Damascus strike which killed seven Guards, two of them generals.
The Guards said its ballistic missiles were fired almost an hour after the slower-moving drones. Hundreds of Iranians gathered in Tehran's Palestine Square waving Iranian and Palestinian flags to celebrate the unprecedented military action against Israel.
The official IRNA news agency said the attack had dealt "heavy blows" to an air base in the Negev desert, but the Israeli army said there had only been minor damage.
The Jordanian government had denied declaring a state of emergency.
The Iranian Defense Minister says that his country will respond to any country that opens its airspace or territory to Israel to attack
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