An armed gang on Monday targeted with an IED a diesel transport pipeline in al-Holeh area, east of Tal Daw

An armed gang on Monday targeted with an explosive device a diesel transport pipeline extended from Homs to Hama in al-Holeh area, east of Tal Daw, causing an explosion and fire to erupt in the pipeline.

An official source at the Ministry of Petroleum told SANA reporter that the 20-Inch diameter pipeline, which is affiliated to the Syrian Company for Fuel, provides Hama Province with diesel.

The reporter pointed out that the pumping into the targeted pipeline was immediately halted after the explosion and the fire was extinguished so that for the authorities to start repairing works to resume pumping in the pipeline.

Earlier last month, the armed groups targeted with an explosive device a diesel transport pipeline which extends from Homs Refinery to the oil warehouses in Adra at Damascus Countryside between al-Sultaniyeh and Baba Amr in Homs setting ablaze the site of the explosion.

Armed groups have frequently targeted oil and gas transfer pipelines with explosive devices several times, with the aim of sabotaging the pipelines and depriving the Syrian people of the energy supplies.

-- SANA