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September 29, 2014

US-led Syria strikes on IS hit entrance to main gas plant: NGO
Beirut (AFP) Sept 28, 2014
The US-led coalition against jihadists in Syria struck late Sunday the entrance to the country's main gas plant, in an apparent warning to Islamic State (IS) militants to abandon the premises under their control, a monitor said. "The international coalition has for the first time struck the entrance and prayer area of the Coneco gas plant. It is under IS control, and is the largest in Syria," said Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman. The United States and a group of ma ... read more

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