Armed groups blasted Wednesday a fuel station in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus, state-run SANA news agency reported. The report said that the attack was part of the groups' assault on vital lifelines across the country to hasten the collapse of the government. The gunmen had booby-trapped the Sham al-Jadideh station in the southern suburb of Harasta before detonating the bombs, SANA said, adding that the blast left huge material damages but no casualties. The incident came one day after the rebels targeted a truckload of cooking gas heading to Damascus on the Homs-Damascus highway, SANA said, adding that the attack was "targeting the livelihood of the citizens." "The terrorists opened fire at the truck, setting it ablaze," SANA said, noting that no casualties were reported. Last month, the rebels targeted a gas production center in the Damascus' suburb of Adra in attempt to halt the freight of cooking gas to the capital, reports said. Meanwhile, Day Press' website said that Nestle's factory in Khan al-Sheih suburb of Damascus, the only plant producing babies' milk in the southern region, was set alight Tuesday, without reference to the party responsible for the fire. The capital Damascus has been suffering a shortage of diesel, cooking gas and electricity due to the rebels' attacks on vital sectors as well as the sweeping economic sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States.
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