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Syria blackout after suspected pipeline attack

Syria's government says an explosion of a gas pipeline was the result of an attack

A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying Monday.

According to SANA, the electricity minister said a pipeline explosion in the Damascus area late Sunday "led to an electricity blackout across Syria".

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