Syrian state television announces that the number of victims of the migrant boat, which capsized off the northwestern city of Tartus following sailing from Lebanon, has risen to 94, following a number of bodies were recovered from Baniyas beach.
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Young men look towards the sea near the Arida border crossing with Syria, September 23, 2022 (AFP)
Syrian state television said, on Saturday, that the number of victims of the migrant boat, which capsized off the northwestern city of Tartus following sailing from Lebanon, rose to 94, following a number of bodies were recovered from Banias beach on the Mediterranean coast.
Flee from death to death
A tragedy in every sense of the word, may God have mercy on all the victims of the cursed boat #tartous pic.twitter.com/Aj8Ljr4Asr— Meraa Alsamad (@amayo3118) September 24, 2022
The migrant boat sinking incident is still interacting, so that The Lebanese Army announced, Earlier today, he arrested the person responsible for the smuggling of migrants, who sank in a boat off Syria.
#Syria #Lebanon : Number of those confirmed dead in sinking of boat carrying migrants off Syrian coast near Tsrtus has risen to 86 #tartus #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/3xwac6usI7
— sebastian usher (@sebusher) September 24, 2022
And the Lebanese army said, in a statement, today, Saturday, that “on 9/21/2022, the Intelligence Directorate arrested citizen B.D. on suspicion of his involvement in smuggling illegal immigrants across the sea. As a result of the investigation, it was proven that he was involved in running a network active in Smuggling illegal immigrants across the sea, from the Lebanese coast, which extends from Arida in the north to Minya in the south.
Last Thursday, the Syrian authorities found Dozens of dead bodies outside the city of Tartus The coastal city, while others were rescued from the passengers of the boat that sailed a few days ago from northern Lebanon. Estimates of the number of its passengers ranged between 100 and 150 people, including Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees.
Witness Lebanon Significant increase in immigration ratesprompted by a devastating economic collapse that has left large segments of the Lebanese people in poverty in recent years.
