Gas pipeline explosion knocks 3 Syrian power plants offline

DAMASCUS, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Three power plants in Syria went out of service on Wednesday after an explosion in a gas pipeline supplying the Tishreen thermal power plant in the eastern countryside of Damascus, Syrian state media reported. The Syrian Electricity Company said the Deir Ali, Nasiriyah and Tishreen power plants were taken offline after the explosion disrupted gas supplies needed for their operation. A fire sparked by the...