BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese army has said that it had rescued 99 migrants, 98 Syrians and one Lebanese national, after two boats sank off its northern coast near Tripoli. In a statement, the army’s Directorate of Guidance said a naval patrol successfully carried out the rescue operation on Friday near the Ramkeen Island. Noting [&he...
Derna, Libya – AFP In Libya’s flood-hit city of Derna, the Mediterranean Sea breeze mixes with the nauseating stench of human remains buried under the mud-caked rubble. More than a week after a tsunami-scale flash flood ripped through the coastal city, razing entire neighbourhoods, many of the traumatized survivors are still waitin...
