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Mosque Blast Kills Eight in Syria's Homs
The bombing targeted worshippers during Friday prayers at the Alawite mosque in Homs, killing eight and injuring 18, with a Sunni extremist group claiming responsibility.
- During Friday noon prayers at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dahab neighbourhood, Homs, a bombing killed at least eight worshippers and wounded 18.
- Long-Running fault lines across Syria set the context for Friday's blast as tensions flared in recent weeks, with a national commission reporting at least 1,426 killed and the Syrian Observatory more than 1,700.
- Preliminary probes and security sources point to planted explosive devices inside the mosque, with Syria state media SANA showing blood, holes, shattered windows, and fire damage.
- Security forces cordoned the site, transported casualties to hospitals and launched searches, while Syria's Foreign Ministry and neighbouring countries condemned the attack on Friday.
- Authorities had increased security measures ahead of the blast, and late-November killings in Homs raised risks that the bombing could reignite instability after curfews ended Monday evening.
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A blast, smoke and blood. On the ground 8 dead and 21 wounded. These are the victims caused by the terrorist attack in Syria that hit the mosque Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib in Homs, in the majority Alawite district of Wadi al-Dahab. For the Syrian foreign minister, Asaad Al Shibani, it is yet another desperate attempt to destabilize the country. And he promised that those responsible will be punished. But there is a strategy of tension, with new and …
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Total News Sources206
Leaning Left43Leaning Right29Center42Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Left
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38% Left
L 38%
C 37%
R 25%
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