A gas pipeline explosion near Damascus late on Wednesday triggered a massive fire and knocked three power stations offline, according to Syrian authorities.
The blast came two days after a separate explosion at a gas pipeline in eastern Syria that authorities said was caused by sabotage. State news agency SANA initially reported that a "detonation was heard in Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus." A government source told AFP the incident was an "explosion in a gas pipeline near the Tishrin power plant" that caused a "huge fire."
The Tishrin thermal power plant is located around 36 kilometers southeast of Damascus. The Syrian Electricity Company said the explosion forced three power stations out of service.
Exclusive | Senior Lebanese official: The Reuters report claiming that Hezbollah officials held a meeting in Ankara with representatives of the Jolani regime is false.
Residents of Fahl village in the western countryside of #Homs are burying the martyrs who were killed in an ambush yesterday at the #Masyaf Bridge.
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Director of the Media Department at the Ministry of Energy—under the de facto government of al-Sharaa in Syria—stated: "The gas pipeline explosion in the Damascus countryside is not a natural occurrence; there are those attempting to target the country's energy security."1/2
@claudio_cordone@arableague_gs@UNEnvoySyria@UNinSyria@UNDPPA Why have you not issued a statement condemning the terrorist massacre that took place yesterday, September 30, near the Masyaf Bridge in Homs—an attack that claimed the lives of seven Syrian Alawites? Your silence amounts to complicity in crimes against minorities.
If this meeting did indeed take place, it comes as no surprise—especially since #Hezbollah, much like #Russia, appears to have secured its interests in post-Assad #Syria.
This is not the first time Al-#Sharaa’s government has leaked such media reports to #Reuters and then officially denied them—perhaps to gauge the reaction or for other malicious purposes.
⛔️ The #UnitedStates announces the lifting of the ban on military supplies to Syria.
#Syria has been removed from the list of countries subject to the policy prohibiting the issuance of licenses and permits required for the export of military equipment and defense services. 1/2
⛔️ #Grok: The visible card digits begin with 537882. Public BIN databases associate this range with Bahraini issuers (Kuwait Finance House B.S.C. or Ahli United Bank), not Syrian banks or Emirati ones. Known Syrian Mastercard BINs and common UAE ranges do not match. 1/2
Hezbollah reaffirms its commitment to #Syria’s security and stability, rejecting fabricated allegations aimed at dragging its name into tensions between #Lebanon and Syria.
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⛔️A demonstration took place in #Hama following tensions in Al-Assi Square, sparked by stall owners protesting a campaign to confiscate their stalls and carts, during which several of them were beaten by "police" (personnel from Ahmed Al-#Sharaa’s Ministry of Interior).
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مظاهرة في #حماة بعد توتر بساحة العاصي عقب احتجاج أصحاب البسطات على حملة لمصادرة البسطات والعربات، وتعرض عدد منهم للضرب من قبل الشرطة
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In March 2026, following a visit to Berlin by Ahmed al-#Sharaa—the head of the de facto authority in #Syria—German Chancellor #Merz stated that approximately 80% of the relevant population in #Germany (around 900K to one million people) are expected to return to Syria...1/2