Drone attacks in Syria kill and wound officers and civilians at a military ceremony

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack has struck a packed graduating ceremony for military officers in the city of Homs, killing civilians and military personnel and wounding dozens more, Syrian state television reported. Syria’s military in a statement Thursday said that drones laced with explosives targeted the ceremony as it came to an end. They did not specify the number of casualties and did not accuse anyone in particular of carrying out the deadly strike. However, Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that seven officers were killed, and another 20 were wounded. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.