Blast shuts oil pipeline north of Baghdad

  • 12/15/2022
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Baghdad, Sept 7, SPA -- A blast on Wednesday damaged apipeline used for shipping oil from a field near theIranian border to Baghdad, police said. The explosion on the line from Khanaqin to the al-Dorarefinery caused a blaze in Thiaa Thiaa village, east of thecity Baqouba which is 60 kilometers (35 miles) north of thecapital, the provincial police said. Khanaqeen is a city not far from the Iranian border.Pipelines in the area around the capital have frequentlybeen targeted by insurgents, The Associated Press reported.--SPA1517 Local Time 1217 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/287733

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