Iraq’s acting Minister of Electricity Adil Kareem said on 11 August that supplies of Iranian electricity had been totally suspended with ministry spokesperson Ahmed Musa putting the losses at 2.6GW. This comes amid intensifying attacks on power transmission lines by ISIS. The group claims to have conducted more than 130 such attacks since 6 June.
One of the most high-profile recent attacks was on 13 August in Tarmiya, north of the capital, and brought down a pylon feeding a water pumping station. The impact was felt by millions of residents in Baghdad. (CONTINUED - 1467 WORDS)
