Investigators established a security perimeter in Homs after a bombing at the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib mosque killed at least eight people during Friday prayers. The extremist group Saraya Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for the attack, stating multiple explosive devices were detonated in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Wadi al-Dhahab. This violence follows the collapse of the government under Bashar al-Assad and highlights ongoing sectarian tensions facing the administration of Ahmed Al-Sharaa.Ahmed Al-SharaaUsama IbrahimJoseph AounBashar al-Assad