Hours after the explosion, an armed group known as Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah claimed responsibility through an official statement. Friday afternoon was far from ordinary in the Wadi al-Dahab neighborhood of Homs, as the city witnessed one of the deadliest attacks on civilians and places of worship in recent times.

Images released by Syria's state-run Arab News Agency showed blood on the mosque's carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage

Hundreds of mourners have gathered outside a mosque in Homs, Syria, after a bombing killed eight people and wounded 18.

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilize the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsided. Images released by Syria’s state-run Arab…

A bombing at a mosque located in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least six people and wounded 21 others, authorities said.

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others.

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others.