Damascus: Explosive devices placed along the side of a natural gas pipeline in the southeast SyriaThe power minister said on Saturday that even before the capital could be restored soon, there was power outage in some parts of the country.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the latest to target Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure. During the 10-year conflict, Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, and many oilfields have grown out of areas now controlled by the government.
According to the power minister, the attack late Friday targeted a pipeline southeast of Damascus that supplies about 50% of Syria’s power plants. Ghassan Al-Zameli, whose comments were made by the state media.
He said the transmission pressure has dropped due to the attack, affecting various power plants in the country.
Al-Zamel said maintenance work began early Saturday and power was restored in all provinces. But he warned that rationing would be “severe” until all repair work was completed.
a statement from oil ministry This is called a “terrorist attack” Arab Natural Gas Pipeline” in the Haran al-Awamid region in southern Syria.
The pipeline is part of an interstate gas export pipeline that brought natural gas from Egypt into Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Exports stopped before Syria’s war, but the pipeline has been integrated into the country’s grid.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the latest to target Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure. During the 10-year conflict, Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure has been repeatedly attacked, and many oilfields have grown out of areas now controlled by the government.
According to the power minister, the attack late Friday targeted a pipeline southeast of Damascus that supplies about 50% of Syria’s power plants. Ghassan Al-Zameli, whose comments were made by the state media.
He said the transmission pressure has dropped due to the attack, affecting various power plants in the country.
Al-Zamel said maintenance work began early Saturday and power was restored in all provinces. But he warned that rationing would be “severe” until all repair work was completed.
a statement from oil ministry This is called a “terrorist attack” Arab Natural Gas Pipeline” in the Haran al-Awamid region in southern Syria.
The pipeline is part of an interstate gas export pipeline that brought natural gas from Egypt into Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Exports stopped before Syria’s war, but the pipeline has been integrated into the country’s grid.
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