Conflicting Reports on Explosion in Southern Syrian Town

An explosion has struck a southern Syrian town and there are conflicting reports on the cause of the blast.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an Israeli warplane on Wednesday targeted a building in the southern town of Baath, on the edge of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The Observatory didn't say how it knew it was an Israeli warplane. Israeli warplanes and artillery have struck southern Syria in the past.

The Military Media of Lebanon's Hizbullah said the blast was caused by two rockets fired by members of al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front. Several civilians were killed in the town, it said.

Later, Hizbullah's al-Manar TV said Syrian government troops retaliated, hitting a Nusra Front vehicle from which the rockets were fired.