Syria slams ‘terrorist’ attack on Algerian gas field
DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Foreign and Expatriates Ministry strongly condemns recent terrorist attack on a natural gas field in Algeria.
SANA quoted Walid al-Moallem, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, as saying in a letter to his Algerian Counterpart, Murad Medelci, that Syria has followed with interest the Algerian Army’s achievements in confronting the terrorists who attacked the economic plant to cause problems in the brotherly state, Algeria.”
The FM asserted solidarity of Syria’s people and leadership with the Algerians in combatting terrorism, adding: “This battle against terrorism in Algeria or Syria is inseparable.”
He asserted that Syria is facing the same terrorist gangs that seek to shred the Arab nation.
“Syria strongly decries all parties that are funding and arming these terrorist groups,” the FM’s letter concluded.
On Wednesday, al-Qaeda-affiliated group attacked a gas field in southern Algeria which reportedly produces 9 billion cubic meters of gas a year(160,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day), more than a tenth of the Algeria’s overall gas output.
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