ISIS Terrorists Fire Rockets against Two Gas Plants in Homs Countryside

HOMS- ISIS terrorists targeted with a number of rockets gas plants in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

SANA reporter on Saturday said that the ISIS terrorists positioned in al-Tadmuriyeh and al-Shoumariyeh Mountains targeted the gas factory of (the south central region) with a rocket shell which landed on the main pipeline.

The source added that the terrorist attack caused the injury of one worker, while the factory went out of service, according to SANA.

The ISIS terrorists also targeted with a number of rocket shells Ebla gas factory, causing material damage to the factory’s equipment.

 Later, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ghanem said in a statement that the Ministry’s maintenance teams have embarked on repairing the damage caused to the main pipeline of the gas factory of the southern Central Region, which is located in al-Furuqlus area in the eastern countryside of Homs.

The repair works have started after a fire that erupted in the main pipeline was contained, according to the Minister.

He earlier noted that the shelling attack that targeted the factory hit several key sites at the factory as well as the pipeline supplying the power generating plants.

He added that the gas factory, which supplies the electricity network with 6.6 million cubic meters of gas per day, went out of service due to the attack.