A drone attack last Thursday targeted the Military College in Homs immediately after the conclusion of an officers’ graduation ceremony, according to what the Syrian army announced, resulting in the death of more than 110 people and the injury of about 184 people, according to a new tally by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The latter’s Ministry of Defense described the incident as a “terrorist attack” and kept the accusation open, without holding any specific party responsible.
A statement by the Syrian Defense Ministry, half an hour after the attack, said that “a number of civilian martyrs The soldiers were killed, and dozens were injured, as a result of a “terrorist attack with marches loaded with explosive ammunition,” targeting a graduation ceremony for military college officer students.

The attack on the military college in Homs, which the Syrian army accused “terrorist organizations” of being behind, led to “112 deaths, including 21 civilians, including 11 women and girls, in addition to 120 injuries, some of them serious,” according to the Observatory’s latest tally. Syrian Human Rights.

The identity of the dead is not limited to military personnel and officer cadets, but rather includes civilians, according to the ministry and news networks that published many photos of the victims, via social media sites, which Akhbar Al Aan refrained from publishing due to the ugliness of the scenes.

The injured were transferred in the past hours to the “Military Hospital” in Homs, Al-Basel Hospital, Al-Nahda Hospital, Al-Ahly Hospital, and Al-Razi, as reported by the “Syrian Observatory,” amid information it indicated that some of them died of their wounds.

Homs, a city located in central Syria and far from the front lines, has never witnessed such attacks over the past years. However, military sites there were always subjected to aerial bombardment attributed to Israel.

The “Military College” is located in Homs in the area adjacent to the Al-Waer neighborhood, and it has not been subjected to any military operations or attacks since the peaceful movement turned into armed after 2011.

Nearby are other military barracks belonging to the regime, including the College of Armored Vehicles, the College of Technical Affairs and Military Works, and the Military Hospital, within the framework of what is known locally within the city as the “Gathering of Military Colleges.”
So far, no party has claimed responsibility for the bombing. While observers look at him with “suspicion.”