Published on Oct 23, 2013
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A
car bomb hit a checkpoint in a western suburb of Damascus on Wednesday,
causing multiple casualties among the troops manning it, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
The
bombing in the Dumar suburb came as much of Syria was plunged into
darkness after a rebel attack on a gas pipeline near the capital knocked
out power.
"Our activist in the area saw bodies on the ground," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
An
attack by rebels near Damascus has caused a power outage across Syria,
state news agency SANA quoted the electricity minister as saying.
"A
terrorist attack on a gas pipeline that feeds a power station in the
south has led to a power outage in the provinces, and work to repair it
is in progress," Emad Khamis said.
"The whole city just
went dark," said a resident who lives in the centre of the city and
asked to remain anonymous. She said that she could see the "major glow
of a fire" near the airport and the sound of heavy machinegun fire.
The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that reports on
abuses and battlefield developments using sources from both sides of
Syria's civil war, said the explosion was caused by rebel artillery that
hit a gas pipeline near the airport. It was not immediately clear why
power was cut to the city.
The Observatory said the rebel shelling was aimed at the town of Ghasula, a few miles (km) from the airport.
Rebels
have been trying to push into the capital, a stronghold of President
Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for four decades.
More than 100,000 people have been killed during a pro-democracy uprising which started in March 2011.
Voice of Russia, AFP, Reuters
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Rebels blast gas pipeline near Damascus causing southern Syria blackout
Published time: October 23, 2013 19:24
Edited time: October 23, 2013 22:37
Edited time: October 23, 2013 22:37
A gas pipeline was attacked near Damascus causing the capital and the southern part of Syria to suffer a blackout. The electricity minister blamed the blast on rebels.
"A terrorist attack on a gas pipeline that feeds a power station in the south has led to a power outage in the provinces, and work to repair it is in progress," electricity minister Emad Khamis told SANA news agency.
As the pipeline is located near Damascus International Airport, which is some 20 km away from the capital, a power outage also hit Damascus.
RT’s Arabic correspondent in Syria Abutalib Albouhaya has confirmed the power was out in the capital after the gas supply to Tashrin power plant was cut. Albouhaya also said there were several victims near a church in Dummar suburb of Damascus with gunfights going on in Qaboun and Mleha suburbs as well.
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