The Syrian defense ministry, in a statement, said a drone attack on a military college during a graduation ceremony has left civilians and military personnel dead and wounded dozens more people.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) in an update said that more than 100 people, including at least 14 civilians, have been killed and "around half of them (were) military graduates," adding that over 125 others have been wounded.
The casualties have not yet been confirmed by the official Syrian sources.
The Syrian military statement, as per the official news agency SANA attributed the attack to “armed terrorist organizations” who targeted “the graduation ceremony for officers of the military academy in Homs,” a government-held city in central Syria.
According to the Syrian military, the attack with “explosive-laden drones” took place “immediately after the ceremony ended”. The general command of the army and the armed forces decried the “cowardly” and “unprecedented” attack vowing to “respond with full force”.
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