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

Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A bombing struck the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs, Syria, on Friday killing six people and injuring 21.

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others.

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 in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others.

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.

Authorities in Syria say that a bombing at a mosque in the city of Homs killed at least six people and wounded 21 others.

Ansar al-Sunna, which experts say appears to be an ISIS splinter group, claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened as worshipers were attending Friday Prayer.

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 explosion hit worshippers at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of Syria's Homs on Friday, state media said, killing at least eight in the latest attack on the minority community.

Syria’s Interior Ministry said the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque on Al-Khudari Street was targeted in what it described as a terrorist explosion during the prayers.

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.

A terrorist bombing targeted the Imam Ali Mosque in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood of Homs on Friday, according to local media reports.

Three killed and five injured in mosque explosion in Homs, Syria; investigation ongoing into possible suicide bomber involvement.