{"id":6618,"date":"2025-12-26T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2025-12-26T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T11:50:57","slug":"explosion-at-mosque-in-syrias-homs-kills-at-least-six-syrias-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=6618","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at mosque in Syria\u2019s Homs kills at least six | Syria&#8217;s War News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"post-label__text\">DEVELOPING STORY<\/strong><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Syrian state media says security forces have imposed a \u200bcordon around \u200cthe area and are investigating.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 26 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">26 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p class=\"p1\">At least six \u200dpeople \u200dhave been killed and more than 20 were injured when an explosion \u2060struck a mosque \u200bin Syria\u2019s Homs province.<\/p>\n<p>The attack targeted the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood of Homs during Friday prayers, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Footage verified by Al Jazeera showed people fleeing the mosque in panic, placing some victims on stretchers and carrying others, wrapped in cloaks, to ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>The blast appeared to have taken place in the corner of the mosque\u2019s main prayer hall, leaving a small crater in the wall and scorching the surrounding area, with prayer carpets ripped and strewn with debris, and books and fragments scattered across the floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Local officials told the Reuters news agency the blast \u200cmay have been \u200ccaused by \u2060a suicide bomber or explosives placed there.<\/p>\n<p>State media said security forces had imposed a \u200bcordon around \u200cthe area and were investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Ayman Oghanna, Al Jazeera\u2019s correspondent in Aleppo, noted that Homs is home to a diverse population of Alawites, Christians and Sunni Muslims. He said the attack targeted an Alawite mosque, warning it could \u201cinflame sectarian tensions\u201d across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said no group had claimed responsibility for the strike, but noted a recent surge in ISIL (ISIS) activity in Syria. He added that government forces had carried out an operation near Aleppo, arresting three alleged ISIL members.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the United States bombed ISIL positions in Syria in retaliation for the killings of two US soldiers and a civilian interpreter. Damascus also joined a global anti-ISIL alliance in November, pledging to crush the remaining elements of the group.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"294\">Friday\u2019s attack underscores the country\u2019s fragile security situation, as the new authorities in Damascus struggle to assert control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Syrian state media says security forces have imposed a \u200bcordon around \u200cthe area and are investigating. 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