The body of a Syrian woman was found Tuesday in the vicinity of the Al-Masnaa border crossing in east Lebanon, a security source said.
Civil Defense members found the body near to the official crossing point’s General Security center and transferred the body to the hospital. The source said that the woman had been attempting to cross into Lebanon irregularly when she died.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the woman was part of a group of Syrian refugees that was caught in last week’s storm, resulting in the death of over a dozen persons due to exposure suffered during the treacherous crossing.
Sixteen bodies were retrieved on the mountainous outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Suweiri. Those who died were believed to be part of a larger group of at least 20 that had planned to cross from Syria.
The group was making the crossing early Friday morning when the storm struck, bringing high winds, snow and plunging temperatures.
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