Rescuers in Cyprus on Sunday saved more than 100 refugees fleeing the war in Syria after their boat ran into trouble overnight off the Mediterranean island, authorities said. The 114 people, including 54 women and children, had been aboard a small fishing boat about 40 nautical miles from the southern Cypriot port of Larnaca at the time they struck trouble, said a source in the island's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. The boat had departed from the Syrian port town of Tartus and stopped in Tripoli, in **rthern Leba**n, authorities said.
09-06-2015, 11:24 PM
Cyprus rescues 114 refugees fleeing Syria in fishing boat
Rescuers in Cyprus on Sunday saved more than 100 refugees fleeing the war in Syria after their boat ran into trouble overnight off the Mediterranean island, authorities said. The 114 people, including 54 women and children, had been aboard a small fishing boat about 40 nautical miles from the southern Cypriot port of Larnaca at the time they struck trouble, said a source in the island's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. The boat had departed from the Syrian port town of Tartus and stopped in Tripoli, in **rthern Leba**n, authorities said.
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