Overview
- State media raised the official toll to eight dead and 18 wounded, while earlier reports cited six fatalities and 21 injuries.
- The blast hit the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Homs’s Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood, a predominantly Alawite area, during Friday prayers.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the method remains unclear, as a local security source suggested an explosive device placed inside.
- Authorities cordoned the site, dispatched emergency teams, and opened a probe, with SANA publishing images showing interior damage including a hole in a wall.
- The Foreign Ministry condemned the attack as an attempt to sow chaos and pledged to fight terrorism, reflecting persistent sectarian tensions in post-Assad Syria.