The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Syria has climbed to 77, the Syrian health minister said on Friday. Minister Hassan al-Ghabash said 77 people had died, though the number was not thought to be final. The number of those receiving treatment at the al-Basel Hospital in the Syrian coastal city of Tartus has reached 20, he said in a statement. The state-run Syrian news agency SANA reported that the Syrian and Russian naval forces carried out search and rescue operations in cooperation with the Ports Directorate and the people of Arwad Island off Tartus w…