More than 30 migrants dead, more than a dozen rescued in Syrian waters

Ambulances are seen during the rescue process of migrants in the port of Tartous, Syria September 22, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Saleh Sliman/via REUTERS

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.

Samer Qubrusli, the Syrian director-general of ports, told Reuters that authorities had found 34 bodies and rescued 14 people in Syrian waters by Thursday evening.