The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), citing the ministry, said the soldiers’ procession was set out from the National Hospital in Deir ez-Zor city.
The authorities have not yet disclosed the cause or circumstances of the blast.
The ministry’s Media and Communications Department said Friday that an explosion had occurred at one of the army’s sites in the Ayyash area west of Deir ez-Zor.
It said authorities were investigating the causes and assessing the consequences, without providing a casualty toll.
State-run Alikhbariah TV also reported Friday that ambulances and civil defense teams had been dispatched to the site, adding that the nature of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Saturday’s announcement of the 11 deaths marked the first casualty toll released since the blast was reported.
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“The defense ministry held a funeral procession for 11 of its martyrs, who were killed in an explosion at one of the Syrian Arab Army sites” in Deir Ezzor province, the official SANA news agency said.
The ministry had reported on Friday an explosion at an army site in Deir Ezzor, saying it was under investigation.
Firefighters and rescuers headed to the scene of the explosion, state media reported at the time, without immediately providing any casualty figures.
Several such blasts have previously occurred at arms depots in Syria, which is emerging from more than a decade of civil war following the toppling of longtime ruler Bashar Assad in late 2024.
Earlier this month, an explosion at an arms depot in the northwest killed 14 people.
Previously, also in the northwest, a car loaded with ammunition had killed at least five people.