Four people killed in Syria after an Iranian missile falls on building, state media reports

DAMASCUS: Four people ​were killed ​and several others ​wounded when an Iranian missile struck a building in the ‌southern Syrian ⁠city ⁠of Sweida on Saturday, ​the state news agency SANA said.

Other ​missile debris fell in the city of Quneitra ​and the Yarmouk ⁠Basin in ‌Daraa province ​in ​southern Syria, according ⁠to Reuters witnesses and videos shared ​by residents.

The sounds of ​warplanes were heard repeatedly in the skies over Syria on Saturday, after the United ‌States and Israel announced a military operation ​against Iran.

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Dozens ​of ⁠interceptor missiles were seen in the skies over Damascus, according to ​two witnesses, one of them a Reuters reporter.