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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
IS said to blow up gas pipeline to Damascus
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJihadists from the Islamic State group blew up a pipeline feeding natural gas from eastern Syria to the suburbs of the capital Damascus early Wednesday morning, a monitor says.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says IS blew up the pipeline near the T-4 military airport in the east of central Homs province shortly after midnight.
“This pipeline was used to carry gas into the suburbs of Damascus and Homs to generate electricity and provide heating in individual homes,” says Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
— AFP
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