Unconfirmed: Power cut hits all of southern Syria after attack on power station

Social media reports of a blackout in southern Syria. Confirmed that the rebels seized a power plant. Reminder there was a similar attack on a power station 24 days ago that resulted in a black out

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"Elsewhere in Syria on Sunday afternoon, Damascus and several parts of the country's south were hit by a power outage for several hours, a minister and residents said. "The power outage in the southern areas is the result of sabotage by armed terrorist groups against the high voltage cables that feed the southern areas," said Electricity Minister Imad Khamis. Residents of the capital confirmed the news. Power cuts have become a regular occurrence in Syria as the armed conflict that started in March 2011 as a rebellion against the Assad regime has intensified."

MTV - "Act of sabotage" results in power cut in Damascus and southern Syria, Syrian minister says.

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George Khoury Square News Network: هااام يرجى أخذ العلم ... "قد تطول مدة قطع الكهرباء " وزارة الكهرباء : إنقطاع التيار الكهربائي في دمشق والمنطقة الجنوبية ناتج عن إستهداف للخطوط التوتر العالي المغذية للمنطقة الجنوبية"

• "Power cut can be longer" Ministry of electricity blackouts in Damascus and the southern region due to the targeting of high-voltage lines feeding the southern region

Msraba Coordinating Committee: وزارة الكهرباء _ التيار الكهربائي : قطع عن كامل محافظة دمشق و ريفها و المحافظات الجنوبية بالإضافة لمحافظة حمص بالمنطقة الوسطى . . . .

• Bing Translation: "The Ministry of electricity _ power: cut the entire governorate of Damascus and its suburbs and the southern governorates in addition to Homs governorate in the central region."

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Rami - #BreakingNews Complete power cut in all south #Syria as we speak due to attacks targeted a power station!

SyriaActivist - Complete power cut in all south #Syria as we speak due to attacks targeted a power station!

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