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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Lebanon’s government on Tuesday tasked the armed forces with investigating how an overpacked migrant boat capsized, a tragedy some survivors have blamed on the military. At least six people were killed late Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea off the northern port city of Tripoli in the country’s deadliest such maritime incident in years. The circumstances were not entirely clear, with some on board claiming the navy rammed their boat, while officials have insisted the smugglers attempted reckless escape manoeuvres. The government in an emergency session “tasked army command with conducting a tr…