BEIRUT: At least 77 people drowned when an illegal migrant boat traveling from Lebanon sank off Syria’s coast in the eastern Mediterranean. Around 150 people, mostly Lebanese and Syrians, were on board the small vessel that went down on Thursday off the Syrian city of Tartous. “Seventy-seven people have died,” Syria’s Health Minister Hassan Al-Ghabash told Agence
Caretaker Minister of Public Works Ali Hamieh indicated that the Lebanese ports and all public facilities affiliated with the Ministry of Public Works are within the circle of safety as long the laws and Lebanese sovereignty are respecte.