Five killed in south Syria by depot explosion, not Iran missile: state TV

A detonation in an ammunition and missile depot in southern Syria's Suweida killed five people on Saturday, state media said, after initial reports blamed an Iranian missile.

"The explosion that occurred today in the city of Suweida was caused by the detonation of an ammunition and missile depot belonging to the National Guard," a Druze group that controls Suweida, state television reported, quoting a security source, adding that it killed five people.

Syria's official SANA news agency had earlier said that the fall of an Iranian missile on a building in Suweida killed four people.

A US-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday sparked a response from Tehran, which fired missiles at Israel but also several Gulf countries that host US bases.

Syria, which has distanced itself from Iran since the 2024 fall of longtime ruler and Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad, condemned the Islamic republic's attacks on Arab countries and expressed solidarity with them.

Syria temporarily closed its airspace in the south, which borders Israel, and its national carrier canceled all its flights until further notice on Saturday.

"The southern air corridors will be closed... from Saturday 12:00pm (0900 GMT) for 12 hours," the SANA news agency said in a statement.