Shafaq News..Gas Pipeline Blast Knocks Three Syrian Power Plants
Officials said the outage will increase power rationing hours as repair teams work to restore gas supplies and contain the fire.
- On Wednesday, a gas pipeline exploded in Eastern Ghouta, knocking three power plants—Deir Ali, Nasiriyah, and Tishreen—offline, according to SANA. The fire remains ongoing, though authorities have not yet identified the cause.
- The Syrian Petroleum Company attributed two previous gas network explosions in the past six weeks to sabotage, though no group has claimed responsibility for any of the incidents.
- Specialized teams from the Syrian Electricity Company are working to resolve the situation, though the agency warned the shutdown will increase power rationing hours due to dwindling supplies.
- Residents have complained about rising energy costs, with protests breaking out across Syria two weeks ago after the government increased diesel prices by 40 percent and petrol prices by 28 percent.
- Power production capacity in Syria remains significantly reduced due to ongoing conflict, compounding current energy shortages and leaving the nation struggling to maintain basic electricity supplies amid persistent infrastructure failures.
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In the eastern suburbs of Damascus, a gas pipeline exploded, causing three of Syria's power plants to stop operation, and the Syrian Electricity Company reported that an explosion at the Tishrin gas pipeline in the eastern suburbs of Damascus had disabled the Deir Ali, Nasiriyah and Tishrin power plants, transmitting the RIA News after the explosion, a fire that continued to occur at the scene of the incident, and that the emergency services wer…
The Syrian Electricity Company announced in a statement that three thermal power plants were out of service due to an explosion in a gas pipeline south of Damascus.
Following an explosion in the gas pipeline at the Tishrin power plant in Syria, three power plants were shut down. The explosion disrupted the gas supply needed to operate the plants. As a result, production also stopped at the Deir Ali and Nasiriyah power plants, in addition to Tishrin.
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