{"id":84647,"date":"2021-09-18T11:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84647"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:20:53","slug":"zio-anglo-american-axis-attacks-syrias-energy-infrastructure-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=84647","title":{"rendered":"Zio-Anglo-American Axis Attacks Syria&#8217;s Energy Infrastructure Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A blackout has reportedly\u00a0<strong>plunged all of Syria into darkness Friday into Saturday<\/strong>, with Syria&#8217;s state-run SANA announcing the nationwide power outage is due to\u00a0<strong>an attack on a gas site and pipeline<\/strong>\u00a0in southern Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Into the overnight hours, electricity reportedly returned to much of the capital of Damascus, while the Minister\u00a0of Electricity\u00a0Ghassan al-Zamil\u00a0vowed to restore the rest of the country&#8217;s power in a matter of &#8220;hours&#8221; as technicians are on the scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/syriapipeline.jpg?itok=0SIx414m\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b8f40fc8-ee20-4626-a0d0-d9040d585e61\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Illustrative image: gas pipeline bombing from earlier in the war, Reuters file.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The timing of the event\u00a0<strong>suggests possible Israeli covert sabotage<\/strong>, given\u00a0the blackout began just as the second batch of fuel trucks was crossing into Lebanon from Syria. Earlier in the day reports emerged that an\u00a0<strong>Iranian tanker began offloading fuel at Syria&#8217;s\u00a0Baniyas port<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was part of Hezbollah&#8217;s promise to get Iranian fuel into Lebanon amid the country&#8217;s energy crisis, which has seen its own severe blackouts hit major cities and towns over much of the past month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1438970340944842752&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fnationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed&amp;sessionId=8e758777be5395ab71d517a244b84a90ed90b2b3&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1438970340944842752\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the possibility of an attack on Syria&#8217;s infrastructure by remnant anti-Assad insurgent groups, also as there&#8217;s again in recent weeks been renewed fierce fighting centered on the southern Syria city of Deraa.<\/p>\n<p>According to a popular Syria\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WithinSyriaBlog\/status\/1438970697439719424\">blogger and commentator<\/a>, &#8220;Sources in southern Damascus\u00a0<strong>reported hearing an explosion seconds before the blackout<\/strong>. All of this happened as the second batch of tankers carrying Iranian fuel was crossing into Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1438924374246051857&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fnationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed&amp;sessionId=8e758777be5395ab71d517a244b84a90ed90b2b3&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1438924374246051857\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Speculating on the question of a possible external sabotage operation that caused the blackout, given the deeply suspicious timing, geopolitical commentator and Syria watcher\u00a0Aaron Mat\u00e9 said, &#8220;Just as it helps Hezbollah bring desperately needed fuel into Lebanon, Syria suffers a sabotage attack that leads to complete blackout.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is on top of the regular power shortages caused primarily by US sanctions &amp; the 10-year dirty war,&#8221;\u00a0Mat\u00e9 added.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/nationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/nationwide-blackout-plunges-syria-darkness-after-gas-pipeline-bombed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nationwide Blackout Hits Syria After Gas Pipeline Bombed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}