reuters.com
October 23, 2013
Much of Syria, including the capital Damascus, was hit by a power cut
late on Wednesday after rebels attacked a gas pipeline, state media
said.
“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 state news
agency SANA.
A resident in the center of Damascus who asked to remain anonymous
said “the whole city just went dark” and she could see the glow of a
fire near the international airport and hear heavy machinegun fire.
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