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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
In western Syria, 80 people were killed in a UAV attack on a military college
2023-10-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] At least 80 people were killed and 240 injured in a drone attack on a military college in the city of Homs in western Syria. This was announced by the country's Minister of Health Hassan al-Gabbash on October 5, SANA reports.
"And what did we learn today?"
“A terrorist attack on a military college in Homs led, according to preliminary data, to 80 dead and 240 injured, including women and children,” al-Gabbash said.

According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, the attack by drones with mines on board on a military college occurred during the graduation ceremony for cadets.

“Armed terrorist groups, supported by well-known international parties, attacked the graduation ceremony of military college students in Homs today at noon using drones with explosives,” the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The Syrian government declared three days of mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack. Throughout the country, as well as in Syrian embassies and diplomatic missions abroad, national flags will be flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry appealed to the UN and the UN Security Council to condemn the attack on the military college in Homs.

Earlier , Regnum news agency reported that the Russian aerospace forces hit terrorist targets in Syria. Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in the Arab Republic (CPVS), told reporters about the successful operation of the pilots.

The strikes were carried out on production workshops, storage areas for terrorist drones, as well as their underground shelters in the area of ​​the settlements of Halluba and Al-Ankawi in the Syrian province of Idlib.

Posted by:badanov

#1  All accounts say this was a HTS or affiliate attack. The West's moderate rebels, ha.

In retaliation, Assad forces started shelling Idlib, an islamist citadel.

And the West rolled in their "White Helmets" to assess and accused Assad of targeting women and children.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-10-06 12:44  

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