Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Authorities rescue more than a dozen migrants off the coast of the northern port city of Tartus

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, said that authorities had found 34 bodies and rescued 14 people in Syrian waters by Thursday evening, reports Reuters.

The Syrian transport ministry cited survivors as saying the boat left from Lebanon's northern Minyeh region on Tuesday with between 120 and 150 people onboard.

Lebanese transport minister Ali Hamiye said he had been informed by Syrian T...