DAMASCUS,(ST)_Minister of Electricity Imad Khamis, and the governor of Damascus countryside Hussein Makhlouf inspected yesterday the Arab gas pipeline, targeted by armed terrorist groups in Al-barkeh area in Rural Damascus .
The minister pointed out that maintenance and repair workshops ” are working around the clock to repair damages , resulting from terrorist attack,” pointing out that ” electricity is partly provided to the southern region through temporary alternative energy sources .”
He explained that the terrorist attack led to the collapse of several electricity towers and high-tension lines , in damages , estimated at hundreds of millions Syrian pounds, pointing out that the mercenary terrorists are working at the command “of joint operations rooms ” targeting Syrian citizens and the destruction of the infrastructure including high-tension lines in Aleppo and the central and southern region .
For his part, Makhlouf noted the logistical and rapid support and firefighters cars provided by Rural Damascus to control the fire caused by the terrorist attack .
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