ALGIERS – Friday, 06 October 2023 (APS) – Algeria strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted Thursday a graduation ceremony of officer cadets at the Military Academy of Homs, in Syria, leaving dozens of civilians and officer cadets dead, the ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad said Friday in a statement.

“Algeria strongly condemns the terrorist attack that targeted Thursday a graduation ceremony of officer cadets at the Military Academy of Homs, in the Arab Republic of Syria, causing dozens of fatalities among the civilians and officer cadets,” the statement said.

“In these painful circumstances, Algeria extends its condolences and its support to the families of the victims and the injured, and reiterates its full solidarity to the Syrian government.”

Algeria expressed its “belief that the united Syrian brother people, highly resilient due to the painful ordeals they went through, will manage to meet the big challenges imposed by terrorism,” the statement concluded.