Eight drown in ship wreck off Syrian coast

The Syrian official news agency said yesterday that a ship hoisting Comoros's flag crashed and 8 of its team members drowned because of winds which hit on Wednesday the Syrian coast in Lattakia.

SANA said that ship, Leina, which hoists Comoros flag crashed because of the strong winds with its crew of some 11 sailors, 8 of whom drowned and three of rescued, one of them of Syrian origin." The Syrian daily al-Baath said yesterday that the 8 missing sailors are of the Bengal's nationality.