A convoy of Syrian Army soldiers was ambushed in Iraq, 42 were killed along with 7 Iraqi guards in the latest spill over of the Syrian civil war. Iraqi officials claimed that the Syrian soldiers took refuge in Iraq after heavy fighting with rebels near the border and were proceeding to Syria through a different border crossing when they were attacked. This comes in the wake of reports of rebel advances in Aleppo and other northern cities and accusations by rebels that Iraq is supporting the Assad government. Video of citizens in a northern Syrian city tearing down a statue of former president Hafez Al-Assad has also surfaced. Incidents in the two year long civil war have involved most of the countries in the region, including, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, and Iran.
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