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Blast hits pipeline in Syria, causing wide power outages

by Associated Press
| August 25, 2020 12:03 AM

DUMAIR (AP) — An explosion early Monday struck a gas pipeline in a Damascus suburb, causing a huge fire and cutting off electricity throughout Syria, state media reported, citing the country's electricity and oil ministers.

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