Syria's state news agency, SANA, said that an “armed terrorist" group blew up Monday, Jan 30, a gas pipeline that carries gas from the central province of Homs to an area near the border with Lebanon.

Details were not released.

Meanwhile, AP reports that on Sunday, Syrian troops in dozens of tanks and armored vehicles stormed rebellious areas near the capital, shelling neighborhoods that have fallen under the control of army dissidents and clashing with fighters.