At least 89 people have died after a refugee boat coming from Lebanon sank off the coast of Syria.
20 people were rescued, the Syrian state news agency Sana reported on Saturday.
The Lebanese army said it had arrested a people smuggler.
The man admitted to having organized the planned trip from Lebanon to Italy by sea.
According to Syrian sources, there were around 150 people on board the small boat, mostly Lebanese and Syrian and Palestinian refugees.
It sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the southern Syrian city of Tartus on Thursday.
It is around 50 kilometers north of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, which has become a center for illegal migration.
Unicef: 10 children among shipwrecked people
Ten children are among the shipwrecked, according to the United Nations Children's Fund Unicef.
Several people are still missing and the search for them continues.
Of the 20 rescued, 14 were in a hospital, two of them in intensive care, as Sana reported, citing a person in charge of the facility.
Six people have already been able to leave the hospital.
In the course of the rescue operation, official bodies had to correct the number of victims upwards several times.
On Friday, there was still talk of 73 deaths.
It is the deadliest shipwreck between Syria and Lebanon in recent years.
"No one enters these death boats lightly," said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).
More needs to be done to provide a brighter future and counter the sense of hopelessness in Lebanon and the wider region.
Since 2020, Lebanon has seen a surge in the number of migrants making the perilous crossing to Europe from its shores in crowded boats.
The destination of most boats is EU member Cyprus, which is 175 kilometers away.