A deadly explosion has hit a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria's Homs, killing six people, authorities said.

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilize the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsided. Images released by Syria’s state-run Arab…

A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least six people and wounded 21 others, authorities said.

Images released by Syria's state-run Arab News Agency showed blood on the mosque's carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage

DAMASCUS: Eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday (Dec 26), Syrian state news agency SANA said.An ultra-conservative Sunni Syrian group known as Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah said on its Telegram chann

An ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim group claimed responsibility for the attack. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At least 8 dead, 18 injured in mosque blast during Friday prayers in Homs, Syria; probe underway. The explosion occurred at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab district.

In a statement, Al-Azhar affirmed that this heinous terrorist crime constitutes a blatant assault on the sanctity of human life, which Allah Almighty has forbidden to be violated, and a flagrant violation of the sanctity and inviolability of houses of worship. It is clear evidence of the perpetrators’ complete stripping away of all religious, humanitarian, and moral values, their shameless disregard for the value of human life, and their transformation into savage forces that threaten the security and stability of societies.