Dozens of Syrian refugees were rescued off the northern Lebanon coast after their boat capsized.
The National News Agency said that 37 people, including two Lebanese people, were rescued by the Lebanese army.
A five-year-old boy, Khaled Nijme, died in the incident, while three people were in a serious condition in hospital.
The fishing boat was ferrying the refugees illegally to Cyprus, some 180 km (110 miles) away, when it foundered off the Akkar coast, security sources said.
Lebanon is hosting around 1 million registered refugees from Syria’s civil war, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. The Lebanese government puts the figure at around 1.5 million.
