Bashar al-Ja'afari, Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, pressed home the government's demand that the opposition denounce terrorism in the wake of deadly attacks against security offices in the central city of Homs earlier Saturday. Syria's envoy to the peace talks in Geneva says he demands that the opposition delegation denounce the attacks in the central city of Homs as terrorism, saying it is a test of their commitment to finding common ground. The twin attacks were among the best coordinated against government security offices, killing at least 32 including a senior officer of the feared Military Intelligence Services. Syrian State News Agency SANA is reporting that Islamic State militants in the country's central province of Homs have lobbed mortars at natural gas pipelines, putting some production lines out of service. The U.N.