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The sad tale of 18 Syrian sailors abandoned at sea

MV Jihan anchored at the Port of Mombasa [Courtesy]

Sometime in October 2019, MV Jihan, a Zanzibar-flagged ship carrying a crew of 18 Syrians, dropped anchor at the Port of Mombasa.

The merchant ship had called at the port to offload steel from Salalah Port in Oman. What was supposed to be a short stay offloading the steel, turned into a two-year painful sojourn.

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