An explosion on a gas pipeline near Syria’s Tishrin thermal power station has taken three major stations offline: Deir Ali, Al-Nasiriya and Tishrin. 🇸🇾 This comes two days after the gas pipeline in (Shulah), Deir ez-Zor, was sabotaged, raising suspicions of further sabotage. Although it is not known who is behind these attacks, there are several possibilities: - ISIS insurgents - Arab tribes dissatisfied with the STG’s energy policy - Foreign agents (primarily Israel). However, it cannot be ruled out that the explosion was caused by poor maintenance and negligence on the part of the new Syrian authorities, at a time when the country is suffering from an acute energy shortage.