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Syrian official says so far, 77 dead in migrant boat sinking

Lebanese Red Cross and Palestinian rescue team ambulances carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, crossing a border point between Lebanon and Syria, in Arida, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People gathering around Lebanese Red Cross ambulances that carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as they cross a border point between Lebanon and Syria, in Arida, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around a covered dead body, one of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around a covered dead body, one of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around two of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around two of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Relatives of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, mourn at their house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Relatives of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, mourn at their house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners carry a dead body, one of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners carry a dead body, one of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Relatives of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, mourn at their house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Relatives of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, mourn at their house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Lebanese Red Cross volunteer, sits inside an ambulance next a dead body, one of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Lebanese Red Cross volunteer, sits inside an ambulance next a dead body, one of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around two of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Mourners gather around two of several victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A relative of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, comforted as she mourns at a house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A relative of two victims who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, comforted as she mourns at a house after they bring back home their dead bodies, in Tripoli, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) People gathering around Lebanese Red Cross ambulances that carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as they cross a border point between Lebanon and Syria, in Arida, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Youssef al-Sayyed, shows through his mobile phone a picture of his brother Road, 15, who informed that he found dead at a hospital in the Syrian city of Tartus, after he was on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits to receive his dead body, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Youssef al-Sayyed, shows through his mobile phone a picture of his brother Road, 15, who informed that he found dead at a hospital in the Syrian city of Tartus, after he was on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits to receive his dead body, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese Red Cross ambulances carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, after they received them from the Syrian side, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese Red Cross and Palestinian rescue team ambulances that carrying dead bodies of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, cross a border point between Lebanon and Syria, in Arida, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Youssef al-Sayyed, shows through his mobile phone a picture of his brother Road, 15, who informed that he found dead at a hospital in the Syrian city of Tartus, after he was on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits to receive his dead body, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese and Palestinian rescue teams stand in front their ambulances, as they wait to receive from the Syrian Red Crescent several victims of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says at several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese and Palestinian ambulances, wait to receive from the Syrian side several victims of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says at several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Salim al-Jar, shows through his mobile phone a picture of his brother Wissam who is one of the missing bodies who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits with other victims relatives, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Youssef al-Sayyed, center, who informed that his 15-year old brother Rawad found dead at a hospital in the Syrian city of Tartus, who was on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits to receive his dead body, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Youssef al-Sayyed, shows through his mobile phone a picture of his brother Road, 15, who informed that he found dead at a hospital in the Syrian city of Tartus, after he was on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits to receive his dead body, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) A Palestinian man Salim al-Jar, center, reacts after he informed that his brother Wissam is one of the missing bodies who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, as he waits with other victims relatives, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Palestinian rescue team stand on a Lebanese shore, as they wait to receive from the Syrian Red Crescent several victims of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept. 23, 2022. Syria's health minister says at several people have been killed from a boat that sank migrants from Lebanon off Syria's coast. The incident is the deadliest since a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have tried to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)