Power outages have left almost all major cities in the dark since the onset of the war on Yemen in 2015, which has put over 5,000 power stations out of action in the interim period, with attacks no longer restricted to military targets.

Turkish-backed Takfiri militants have reportedly stolen electricity poles and transmission towers in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.

Mass outage hits Argentina and Uruguay, with power agencies scrambling to restore power.

A militant attack on a pylon in northern Afghanistan causes a massive power outage in Kabul.

The mass arrests suggest this may be more about internal power politics, an HRW official warned.

The region's Kremlin-backed leaders said the measure had little-to-no impact.

An Iranian minister says that power infrastructure for export to Azerbaijan has been completed.