A deadly explosion struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in Homs, Syria, on Friday, killing at least eight people and injuring 18 others. The attack targeted the Alawite minority in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood during Friday prayers.

At least eight worshippers were killed when explosives ripped through an Alawite mosque in Syria’s Homs during Friday prayers, as an Islamist group claimed responsibility amid mounting sectarian violence nationwide.

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation strongly condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in