By Kinda Makieh and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have found 34 bodies and rescued more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the
Syrian authorities have found 34 bodies and rescued more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus on Thursday suspected of having left north Lebanon bound towards Europe earlier this week.
The Syrian transport ministry cited survivors as saying the boat left from Lebanon's northern Minyeh region on Tuesday with between 120 and 150 people onboard.