Immigrant boat sinks off Syria, death toll climbs to 77

STORY: Immigrant boat sinks off Syria, death toll climbs to 77 DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ambulances carrying victim bodies leaving al-Basel hospital in Tartous to the Lebanese border STORYLINE: Syria's health minister Hassan al-Ghabbash said Friday that the casualty toll of the immigrant boat that sank in the Syrian territorial water a day before rose to 77, noting that the number is not final, amid an ongoing search mission. In a statement, al-Ghabbash said 20 others people have been saved and currently receiving medical treatment at the al-Basel hospital in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous, as the immigrant boat sank off of its shore. The victims' bodies were found in different areas on the coast of Tartous, said General Director of Sea Ports, Brigadier General Samer Kobrosly, who added that 31 bodies were found on Friday alone. This is the first time during Syria's 11-year war that an immigrant ship sinks in the Syrian wat