Wednesday, May 30, 2012

#Syria: #USA Backed Terrorist Group Attack Pipeline In City Of Deir Al-Zour

Black smoke is seen from the Homs refinery (in the background) after a pipeline carrying oil from the east of the country to the refinery was blown up on December 8, 2011.
Black smoke is seen from the Homs refinery (in the background) after a pipeline carrying oil from the east of the country to the refinery was blown up on December 8, 2011.

Armed groups have attacked an oil pipeline in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, setting it on fire, Press TV reports.


The targeted pipeline, which belongs to al-Furat Oil Company, carried crude oil from the al-Tank field to the second station of pumping (T2 station). No one was injured in the incident.

According to the Syrian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, although the blast has damaged the pipeline, it caused no disruption to the production process due to alternative pipelines.

Terrorist groups have blown up several fuel pipelines across Syria since the beginning of the unrest in the country last year.

Meanwhile, the UN observers have discovered 13 corpses in Deir al-Zour, who were all apparently killed execution-style.

The Norwegian head of the UN observer mission in Syria Major General Robert Mood said the bodies had been found on Tuesday night in the area of Assukar, 50 km (31 miles) east of Deir al-Zour.

"All the bodies had their hands tied behind their backs and some appear to have been shot in the head from a short distance," he said in a statement adding that he was "deeply disturbed by this appalling and inexcusable act."

The newly discovered massacre came days after at least 100 Syrian civilians, mostly women and children were killed by armed groups in Houla.

The UN Security Council condemned the violence in Houla, saying the clashes ''involved a series of government artillery and tank shelling on a residential neighborhood.''

However, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari censured the ''tsunami of lies'' by some members of the Security Council and said the Syrian forces were not to blame for the violence.

HM/JR/AZ
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