Oil workers union Chief in Workers Federation of Damascus Ali Mari said that “new attacks occurred on pipelines amounted to around 20 attacks in recent weeks.”

Mari said that “the latest attack was on line 2 at the point near the 17.5 kilometer area Otaiba, which was preceded by another attack on transmission line branch of the Dara at the point in the 46 kilometer al-Shqranip following the attacks was similar to Line No. 10 on the end of last August, near the Alheijanh. ”

 
Mari added “The Line No. 10 was the end of August in the Otaiba later for another attack in the region near the 33-kilometers from the Alheijanh and subjected to another attack in the region of line-kilometers by 27 days of the month of August ” saying that “similar attacks that took place in areas nearby Alheijanh dra workers ‘s city in the same areas, almost daily, in the same way. ”

 
The total number of attacks along the transmission lines, during the period between November last year and mid-February, 28 attacks were concentrated mainly in the areas of conscience and Harran columnist and Otaiba, Alshqranih and Alheijanh and Dweir near Damascus Homs Road , according to official statistics available.

 
Official sources say that gangs are equipped with all new technologies and technical equipment that enable them to carry out attacks quickly, and the pipe through a hole and pumping oil to the tank is derived where the pumping very quickly, especially in low-lying areas, expose 60 thousand liters of diesel not more than 10 minutes.

 
State Official reports said that the overall loss of the founder of oil products during the attacks are estimated at 68 million pounds in 2008.