Blackout! Rebel City Covered By Thick Smoke After Oil Pipeline Is Blown Up 'By Terrorists' As Syrian Anti-Government Protests Escalate -- Daily Mail
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A Syrian oil pipeline was blown up today in what has been described by the government as an act of sabotage by an armed terrorist group.
The pipeline, carrying oil from the east of the country to a vital refinery in Homs, spilled flames and clouds of thick black smoke into the air over the city, which has been the epicentre of the protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
'This is the main pipeline that feeds the Homs refinery,' said Rami Abdulrahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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