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Syrian capital blacked out after explosion

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 23, 2013 22:19

BEIRUT - The Syrian capital Damascus was hit by a power cut late on Wednesday, shortly after an explosion near the international airport, residents said.

"The whole city just went dark," said a resident who lives in the center of the city and asked to remain anonymous. She said that she could see the "major glow of a fire" near the airport and the sound of heavy machine gun fire.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based group that reports on abuses and battlefield developments using sources from both sides of Syria's civil war, said the explosion was caused by rebel artillery that hit a gas pipeline near the airport. It was not immediately clear why power was cut to the city.

The Observatory said the rebel shelling was aimed at the town of Ghasula, a few miles (km) from the airport.

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