Missile fire at oil refineries in northern Syria killed at least four people and injured more than 20 others, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) reported on Saturday (March 6).
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According to this UK-based NGO, a series of missile fire by Russian warships and allied forces of the Syrian regime hit oil refineries in Aleppo province overnight from Friday to Saturday, causing a big fire in this zone controlled by the Turkish forces and their Syrian auxiliaries.
OSDH reported four dead and 24 injured to varying degrees near the town of Jarablous.
At least one pro-Turkish Syrian rebel has been killed, OSDH director Rami Abdel Rahmane said.
The emergency services took several hours to control the fire which affected around thirty tanks, according to the OSDH.
Oil installations in Turkey-controlled parts of Aleppo province have come under repeated attacks in recent months, although Moscow and the Syrian government have not claimed them.
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The deadly war that has devastated Syria since 2011 has cost the oil industry tens of billions of dollars.
The fighting has sometimes ravaged infrastructure, targets of the greed of the various belligerents.
Before the conflict, Syrian crude oil production reached nearly 400,000 barrels per day.
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