More Syrian deaths amid oil pipeline blast Syrian activists say at least 13 people have been killed by security forces across the country, on the same day a pipeline carrying oil from the east to a refinery in Homs city was set ablaze.
Syrian state news, SANA, called Thursday's fire and resulting explosion an act of sabotage by an armed terrorist group.
However, activists said government militia members hoping to place the blame on the protest movement started the fire.
Witnesses said Syrian media was immediately on the scene of the oil pipeline attack, next to a major military checkpoint in the restive city.
President Bashar al-Assad has in the past blamed terrorist groups for creating violent tension among the Syrian people in the last nine months.
The narrator of an online video showing raging flames and black clouds of smoke in the Bab Amr neighbourhood of Homs said the pipeline was attacked by a military force backed with armoured vehicles also pictured in the 40 second clip.
