No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts.
Syrian state TV reported early on Tuesday that shelling hit a natural gas plant in the south-central area of the city of Homs as well as the Ebla gas plant there.
Firefighting units are still trying to put out a fire at the south-central area gas plant while no damage was reported at the Ebla gas plant, according to the state TV.
It was not immediately known whether production from the south-central area gas plant was affected and no further information was available on the source of the shelling.
The Ebla gas plant provides local power plants with approximately 2.5 million cubic meters of gas per day and both gas plants are used to provide fuel domestically.
No one has claimed responsibility for the shelling but Homs’ location in central Syria means that rebels will probably be suspected of carrying out the attacks.
It comes a day after Turkey hit targets in northern Syria. It was responding to shelling by Syrian government forces that killed at least eight Turkish soldiers and civilian contractors, Turkey’s president said Monday. A Syrian war monitor said 13 Syrian troops were also killed.
Syrian activists said airstrikes in the country’s northern, rebel-held region also killed at least nine civilians Monday.
The exchange of fire inside Syria between Ankara and Damascus came hours after a large Turkish military convoy entered the northwestern province of Idlib, the last rebel stronghold in Syria. The fighting is likely to further increase tensions between the two neighboring countries, as such direct clashes have been rare. It could also cause friction between Russia and Turkey, which have sought to coordinate their actions in Syria.
Earlier, Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said the Turkish forces were sent to Idlib as reinforcements and were attacked there despite having previously given their coordinates to local authorities. It said Turkish forces responded to the attack, destroying targets.
