Overview
- State media and officials report a preliminary toll of six dead and 21 wounded, with some outlets citing five fatalities as figures remain provisional.
- SANA, citing a security source, says early findings point to devices planted inside the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque.
- The explosion struck during the busy noon prayer in Wadi al-Dhahab, a predominantly Alawite area of Homs.
- Security forces cordoned the site, evacuated casualties, and opened a search for the perpetrators, and no group has claimed responsibility.
- Syria’s foreign ministry condemned the bombing as a blatant attack on moral values, with coverage noting recent assaults on religious sites and intensified actions against ISIS.