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Beirut, Lebanon—An attack Thursday on a Syrian military academy killed 112 people, a war monitor said, with state media blaming “terrorist organizations” for the drone strike in government-held Homs.
Health Minister Hassan al-Ghobash told state television the “preliminary” toll was 80 dead “including six women and six children” and around 240 wounded.The attack was carried out with “explosive-laden drones”, according to the military statement, vowing to “respond with full force”. The government declared three days of mourning starting Friday.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres was “deeply concerned” over the drone attack and the retaliatory shelling, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. The Kurds’ internal security forces said Turkey had carried out 21 strikes in the area, killing “11 people, including five civilians and six” security personnel.
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