Syria Faces Blackout After Terrorists Attack Gas Pipeline

Power was cut across Syria on Monday after a major gas pipeline exploded in an incident described as a terrorist attack by Syria and attributed “almost certainly” to ISIS by the United States. The Arab Gas Pipeline between the towns of Ad Dumayr and Adra, northwest of Syria’s capital of Damascus, exploded early on Monday local time, causing a massive blackout across the country. The fires at the pipeline have been extinguished, the state news agency SANA reported later in the day, describing the blast as a result of a terrorist…