At least six people have been killed and 21 others were wounded in an explosion at a mosque in the central Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers, the Syrian interior ministry has said.
A ministry statement said that the “terrorist blast” targeted the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque on Al-Khodari Street in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the “nature of the attack” was being investigated.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
A weapons depot in north-west Syria's Idlib province was also hit by an explosion on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding nine others, according to security forces.
Wednesday’s explosion in the town of Kafr Takharim was "caused by a warehouse containing missiles and ammunition, and occurred due to work underway" at a site nearby, the Idlib security forces said, adding that five site workers were killed.
