The Syrian regime said a gas plant resumed operations Monday (July 15th) after repairs to a key pipeline put out of service by a sabotage attack at the weekend, AFP reported.
"The Ebla gas plant resumed production at full capacity" at dawn Monday after repair of the sabotaged pipeline, the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources said in a statement.
The pipeline in the Badiya (desert), where the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) is present, transports gas from the regime-controlled Shaer gas field, the country's largest, in Homs to the Ebla plant.
It feeds the Ebla plant with 2.5 million cubic metres of gas per day, according to the ministry.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a bomb blast had targeted the pipeline.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The Badiya region is the scene of regular clashes between regime forces and ISIS, which retains the ability to strike despite losing all the territory it once held in Syria.
