Beirut blast: Syria says 43 nationals killed; The Netherlands confirms wife of its ambassador to Lebanon died of injuries

Forty-three Syrians were among those killed in the massive blast that devastated the Lebanese capital this week, the Syrian embassy said Saturday.

"The confirmed number we have of Syrian martyrs so far is 43," it said. "The embassy is offering all services to facilitate the transfer of some of the corpses back to Syria and is helping bury others in Lebanon," it added.

On Saturday, the Netherlands' foreign ministry also confirmed the wife of Dutch ambassador to Lebanon Jan Waltmans has died of wounds sustained in the Beirut bomb explosion.

"It is with dismay and great sadness that we report the death of our colleague Hedwig Waltmans-Molier. She succumbed to injuries sustained in the massive explosion in Beirut," the ministry said in a statement.

It's not clear if the above fatalities were among the official death toll of 154 announced earlier by the Lebanese authorities.

According to the Lebanese health ministry, more than 60 people are still unaccounted for after the port blast on Tuesday.