A huge explosion has rocked a Damascus suburb area on Wednesday evening (local), in what could be the second act of suspected sabotage against natural gas infrastructure in just a few days.
"A gas pipeline exploded Wednesday near the Tishreen power station in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta area in the Damascus countryside," Alikhbariah TV reported.
According to more per regional sources, "It said the loud blast heard in Eastern Ghouta was caused by the pipeline explosion near the power station."
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According to sources inside Syria, a gas pipeline explosion occurred at the Tishreen power plant in the Haran al-Awamid area.
This would be the second pipeline explosion in only days. pic.twitter.com/MWm5GcWgif
Syria had reported at least two acts of major sabotage against its gas infrastructure in the prior six weeks.
One of these events happened Monday, and saw a fire rage out of control for many hours at a gas pipeline between al-Shola and Deir Ezzor following a mystery explosion.
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