Foreign-backed Takfiri militants operating inside Syria have blown up a gas pipeline in the countryside of the capital, Damascus, causing blackouts in a southern region.Militants targeted the Arab gas pipeline in al-Baitariyeh area that feeds Tishreen and Deir Ali electricity generation stations, Syria's official SANA news agency quoted Syrias Minister of Electricity Imad Khamis as saying on Thursday.
The ministry is trying to restore power to normal state soon, Khamis added.
Syrias Petroleum Minister Sleiman al-Abbas also said the fire which broke out due to the blast was brought under control.
A similar bombing attack by militants near Damascus International Airport in October caused a nationwide power outage.
In July, the militants blew up gas and fuel pipelines that feed power stations in the countrys south and caused power cuts in the provinces of Daraa, Sweida, Quneitra, Damascus and Rif Dimashq.
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. Moscow has been calling for a political solution to the unrest in the Arab country since the beginning of the war there.
According to reports, Western powers and their regional allies - especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey - are supporting militants operating inside the country.
According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions displaced so far due to the turmoil in the country.
The UN also says more than four million other Syrians will be forced out of their homes in 2014 by the escalating conflict in the nation.
Two million Syrians are expected to take refuge outside the country while another 2.25 million are predicted to be internally displaced next year.
By Press TV
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