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Lebanon’s Naval forces Rescue People From A Sinking Migrant Boat
The Lebanese army announced on Sunday that Lebanon’s naval forces rescued more than 50 people, mostly Syrians, from a sinking migrant boat off the country’s north coast.
إنقاذ ٥١ شخصًا أثناء محاولة تهريبهم بطريقة غير شرعية على متن مركب مقابل شاطىء طرابلس#الجيش_اللبناني #LebaneseArmyhttps://t.co/Lul4GGW8Xc pic.twitter.com/NyexFwl0jG
— الجيش اللبناني (@LebarmyOfficial) December 17, 2023
The military obtained “information about a vessel that was sinking off the coast of Tripoli while it was being used for illegal people smuggling”, the army said in a statement, referring to a city in north Lebanon.
Naval forces were able to “rescue 51 people aboard, including two Palestinians and 49 Syrians,” the statement added.
The Lebanese Red Cross helped provide assistance to those rescued, according to the statement, which did not specify where the boat was headed.
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