A bomb blast has killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others near a Syrian Arab Red Crescent centre in the regime-held city of Homs in central Syria on Thursday.
State television reported the attack in the Zahraa neighbourhood, a majority Alawite area, the religious sect to which President Bashar al-Assad belongs.
"A bomb exploded near a Red Cross centre in the Zahraa neighbourhood," a breaking news alert said.
"Four civilians were killed and others wounded, some of them seriously," it added.
The neighbourhood has frequently been targeted in blasts during Syria's six-year conflict.
In September, four people were killed in an explosion at the entrance to Zahraa that was claimed by the Islamic State group.
The hardline Sunni group also claimed a double bomb attack in the neighbourhood in February that killed 57 people.
Syria's government controls all but one neighbourhood in Homs city, as well as much of the surrounding province.
Four killed as bomb blast hits Syrian regime-held Homs
Four killed as bomb blast hits Syrian regime-held Homs
MENA
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Four people have been killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast in the Syrian-government held city of Homs.