https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/24/arab-gas-pipeline-explosion-leads-to-total-blackout-in-syria-state-media

An explosion on the Arab gas pipeline has caused a total blackout in Syria, the state news agency SANA reported on Monday, quoting the nation’s electricity minister.

The minister said the explosion occurred between the Ad Dumayr and Adra areas in Syria.

Syria’s oil minister said the explosion targeting the main line feeding the country’s southern region could be a terrorist act.