An armed terrorist group on Thursday opened fire on a crude oil transfer pipeline in al-Soltaniyeh area to the northwest of the Refinery of Homs, causing a huge fire.

An official source at Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources told SANA that the damaged oil pipeline is 24-diameter and used to transport oil from Deir Ezzor to Baniyas.

Authorities rushed to the spot, extinguished the fire, stopped pumping oil into the targeted pipeline and shifted it to alternative pipes