NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An explosive charge exploded on Thursday near a pipeline carrying oil to Syria in west of Mosul, according to a security source.

"An improvised explosive device went off on Thursday morning (March 10) near a pipeline carrying oil in Ain Zala region in Zamar district, northwest of Mosul," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that the explosion damaged a nearby pipeline carrying water.

"Pumping oil to Syrian did not stop, but pumping water to a village dtopped due to the explosion."

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. 

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