📰 2 sources 3 articles · 27 Sep 2026, 19:25 → 20 days ago

A young Syrian man drowns off the Casino du Liban beach and his body is recovered

A 21-year-old Syrian young man drowned while swimming off the Casino du Liban beach, prompting the Civil Defense naval rescue unit to launch a search operation. The following morning his body was found and transferred to hospital, before the Civil Defense announced the recovery of the body off Adma beach. The incident is recorded among drowning accidents along the Lebanese coast.

📍 Where things stand: The search operation ended with the recovery of the young man's body and its transfer to hospital, with no further details announced about the incident.

⏱️ Timeline

27 Sep 2026, 19:25 A 21-year-old Syrian young man named Mohammad A. H. drowned this afternoon while swimming off the Casino du Liban beach. After the incident was reported, members of the Civil Defense naval rescue unit rushed to the site and began searching the water to find the young man and recover his body; the operations are still ongoing.
28 Sep 2026, 07:28 Members of the Civil Defense naval rescue unit found the body of a young man who had gone missing while swimming off Jounieh beach, following search operations. The General Directorate of Civil Defense announced that the young man was in his twenties and that his body was transferred to hospital.
28 Sep 2026, 10:13 The Lebanese Civil Defense announced the recovery of the body of a young man who drowned off Adma beach, in a new drowning incident recorded on the Lebanese coast.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

⚠️ Sources disagree

Location of the incident

Off the Casino du Liban beach, then off Jounieh beach according to Lebanon Debate
Off Adma beach according to LBCI

Figures as each outlet reported them at the time. We do not judge which is correct; numbers often change as events develop.

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