Preliminary investigations indicate that explosive devices were planted inside the mosque. A bombing at a mosque in Syria's Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 21 others, authorities said. The Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque is located in a predominantly Alawite area of the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city. State news agency SANA, citing a security source, said that preliminary investigations indicate that explosive devices were planted inside the mosque. In June, a suicide bombing in a Damascus church killed 25 people.

Source: dna December 26, 2025 13:33 UTC