Overnight power cuts in Syria

Syria’s capital Damascus suffered power cuts over night, the Associated Press reported.

Syria’s capital Damascus suffered power cuts over night [2], the Associated Press reported.

According to AP, the government has blamed rebels, saying they attacked the main cable that powers the city and surrounding suburbs.

On the micro-blogging site Twitter, locals said that the blackouts had lasted for over twelve hours, starting on Sunday evening.

Official state news agency, SANA [3], quoted the Electricity Minister, Imad Khamis, as saying: “Authorities are working on restoring the power,” after the minister said he held armed rebels responsible for the power-outage.