Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 99
A Lebanese navy ship takes the family members of migrants missing since a boat sunk in April, on a tour of an area where a submarine was being prepared to search for the wreck of the boat off the Lebanese coast of Tripoli, Lebanon August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
The death toll from the migrant boat that sank off the coast of Syria’s Tartus after sailing from Lebanon has risen to 99, Head of Syrian ports, Samer Kbrasli, said in a statement to SANA on Monday.