{"id":59366,"date":"2021-09-18T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59366"},"modified":"2021-09-18T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:21:23","slug":"nationwide-blackout-hits-syria-after-gas-pipeline-bombed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59366","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__11o5_\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__2cUI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/nationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed\">Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>A blackout has reportedly\u00a0<strong>plunged all of Syria into darkness Friday into Saturday<\/strong>, with Syria&#8217;s state-run SANA announcing the nationwide power outage is due to\u00a0<strong>an attack on a gas site and pipeline<\/strong>\u00a0in southern Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Into the overnight hours, electricity reportedly returned to much of the capital of Damascus, while the Minister\u00a0of Electricity\u00a0Ghassan al-Zamil\u00a0vowed to restore the rest of the country&#8217;s power in a matter of &#8220;hours&#8221; as technicians are on the scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/syriapipeline.jpg?itok=0SIx414m\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b8f40fc8-ee20-4626-a0d0-d9040d585e61\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Illustrative image: gas pipeline bombing from earlier in the war, Reuters file.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\" data-google-query-id=\"CLHH0NnPiPMCFUb5hwodcp0DGg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_1__container__\">The timing of the event <strong>suggests possible Israeli covert sabotage<\/strong>, given\u00a0the blackout began just as the second batch of fuel trucks was crossing into Lebanon from Syria. Earlier in the day reports emerged that an\u00a0<strong>Iranian tanker began offloading fuel at Syria&#8217;s\u00a0Baniyas port<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was part of Hezbollah&#8217;s promise to get Iranian fuel into Lebanon amid the country&#8217;s energy crisis, which has seen its own severe blackouts hit major cities and towns over much of the past month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1438970340944842752&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fnationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed&amp;sessionId=384018d820719de22a6a7ef140fd8c9207e19ebc&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1438970340944842752\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the possibility of an attack on Syria&#8217;s infrastructure by remnant anti-Assad insurgent groups, also as there&#8217;s again in recent weeks been renewed fierce fighting centered on the southern Syria city of Deraa.<\/p>\n<p>According to a popular Syria\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WithinSyriaBlog\/status\/1438970697439719424\">blogger and commentator<\/a>, &#8220;Sources in southern Damascus\u00a0<strong>reported hearing an explosion seconds before the blackout<\/strong>. All of this happened as the second batch of tankers carrying Iranian fuel was crossing into Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1438924374246051857&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fnationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed&amp;sessionId=384018d820719de22a6a7ef140fd8c9207e19ebc&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1438924374246051857\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Speculating on the question of a possible external sabotage operation that caused the blackout, given the deeply suspicious timing, geopolitical commentator and Syria watcher\u00a0Aaron Mat\u00e9 said, &#8220;Just as it helps Hezbollah bring desperately needed fuel into Lebanon, Syria suffers a sabotage attack that leads to complete blackout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is on top of the regular power shortages caused primarily by US sanctions &amp; the 10-year dirty war,&#8221;\u00a0Mat\u00e9 added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed A blackout has reportedly\u00a0plunged all of Syria into darkness Friday into Saturday, with Syria&#8217;s state-run SANA announcing the nationwide power outage is due to\u00a0an attack on a gas site and pipeline\u00a0in southern Damascus. 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