Tag: Cyprus rescues

NICOSIA: Cyprus police on Monday rescued 18 Syrian migrants after their boat started taking on water some 3.5 miles off the Mediterranean island nation's southeastern coast. Police said the 11 men, three unescorted minors, one woman and her three children had set sail from Tartus, Syria and were brought ashore aboard a police patrol vessel. State-run Cyprus News Agency reported that the woman and her children were taken to the hospital after one of the kids had fainted. The migrants' boat reportedly sank. The remaining 14 migrants were...