Overview
- State media and health officials report at least eight dead and roughly 18–21 wounded, with the toll described as preliminary.
- The blast struck the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib mosque in Homs’s Wadi al‑Dhahab neighborhood, a predominantly Alawite area, during the crowded noon service.
- SANA, citing a security source, said initial probes indicate multiple devices were planted inside the mosque, and security units sealed off the site.
- Saraya Ansar al‑Sunna posted a Telegram claim for the attack, though Syrian authorities have not publicly confirmed the attribution.
- Regional governments including Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Qatar issued condemnations, and coverage links the bombing to a broader pattern of sectarian violence since Assad’s ouster.