The explosion damaged a stretch of the Arab Gas Pipeline in Damascus countryside has led to widespread power outages across Syria, according to the country’s Electricity Minister, Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli.

The explosion damaged a stretch of the Arab Gas Pipeline between the towns of Al-Dumayr and Adra in Damascus governorate, leading to a pressure drop and falling shutdowns of the country’s power stations.

According to Syria’s Electricity Minister, Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli, the incident occurred in the middle of the night and it was not immediately clear which regions of Syria have been affected and to what extent.

The electricity and energy ministries are working together, and hope to progressively bring back power within “several hours.”

The blast “may have been caused by a terrorist act” and “led to power cuts in all of Syria,” SANA reported, citing the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

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