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Tunisia Hit by Rare Nationwide Power Blackout

A general view of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis, virtually deserted on the first day of a general lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ordered by Tunisia's president, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)
A general view of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis, virtually deserted on the first day of a general lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ordered by Tunisia's president, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)
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Tunisia Hit by Rare Nationwide Power Blackout

A general view of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis, virtually deserted on the first day of a general lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ordered by Tunisia's president, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)
A general view of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in downtown Tunis, virtually deserted on the first day of a general lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ordered by Tunisia's president, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 22, 2020. (Reuters)

Electricity supplies were cut across Tunisia for two hours on Wednesday.

The reason for the rare nationwide outage was unclear, residents and the state electricity company STEG said on Wednesday.

Interior Minister Kamal Feki was headed to the power plant in Rades city to investigate the reasons behind the blackout, Reuters quoted the ministry as saying.

 

 

 

 

 

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4 Hezbollah Members Among 71 Fighters Killed in Syria's Palmyra

Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
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4 Hezbollah Members Among 71 Fighters Killed in Syria's Palmyra

Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS

Israeli strikes killed 71 pro-Iran operatives in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with more than a third of them identified as fighters from Iraq and Lebanon, a monitor said Thursday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Wednesday's strikes included 45 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of them from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement, and four from Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group.

The strikes targeted three sites in the city renowned for its ancient ruins, including one that hit a meeting of pro-Iranian groups with leaders from Al-Nujaba and Hezbollah.

Syria said the Israeli strikes on the central city killed 36 people and wounded more than 50 others, in the latest toll issued by the defense ministry, according to Agence France Presse.

"The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of the Al-Tanf area, targeting a number of buildings in the city of Palmyra," it said on Wednesday.