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Lebanon rejects Ukraine claim of stolen grain on Syrian ship

FILE - Construction workers in the port of the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Aug. 9, 2017. A Syrian ship carrying what Ukraine says is grain stolen by Russia remained docked at a port in Lebanon on Friday, July 29, 2022, as Lebanese customs officials inspected the vessel and its cargo, officials said. The ship is carrying 5,000 tons of flour and 5,000 tons of barley illegally taken from Ukraine, the war-torn country's embassy in Beirut said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) This frame grab from a video provided on Friday, July 29, 2022, shows a Syrian cargo ship Laodicea docked at a seaport, in Tripoli, north Lebanon. Lebanon appeared Friday to reject claims by the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut that a Syrian ship docked in a Lebanese port is carrying Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia, following an inspection by Lebanese customs officials. (AP Photo) This frame grab from a video provided on Friday, July 29, 2022, shows A Syrian cargo ship Laodicea docked at a seaport, in Tripoli, north Lebanon. Lebanon appeared Friday to reject claims by the Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut that a Syrian ship docked in a Lebanese port is carrying Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia, following an inspection by Lebanese customs officials. (AP Photo)