“Drones loaded with explosives”
78 dead after attack on military academy in Syria
October 5, 2023, 6:12 p.m
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According to the UN assessment, the civil war in Syria is threatening to flare up again on a broad front. Now a military academy is the target of a drone attack – dozens of people are killed.
According to activists, more than 78 people were killed in a drone attack on a military academy in central Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attack on the academy in the city of Homs took place just as officers were being appointed there. Accordingly, there are said to have been at least 140 injured.
The British-based pro-opposition Observatory for Human Rights relies on a broad network of informants. Your information often cannot be independently verified. The Syrian army blamed “terrorist organizations” for the attack, which killed soldiers and “at least nine civilians.”
Initially no one claimed responsibility for the attack. The army said the attack was carried out by “drones loaded with explosives” just after the end of the officers’ graduation ceremony. The army leadership condemned the “cowardly” attack and announced a “full force response.”
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011 after President Bashar al-Assad suppressed peaceful demonstrations against his government. Since then, more than 500,000 people have been killed and half the population has fled.
According to the United Nations’ assessment in mid-September, the civil war in Syria is threatening to flare up again on a broad front. In recent months there have been more violent clashes in several areas of the country.