IS claims bomb attack in Syria's Homs

IS claims responsibility for a suicide bomb blast that it says killed up to 30 people in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs.

Two bombs have killed 22 and injured more than 100 in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs. (AAP)

Islamic State says it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs that killed several people.

The Islamist militant group said in an online statement that one of its fighters had driven a car loaded with explosives to a security checkpoint in the Zahraa neighbourhood and blown himself up, killing at least 30 people.

Syrian state media said the attack had killed 22 people and wounded more than 100.